Les Anglais Explained

Official Name:	Les Anglais
Native Name:	Zanglè
Settlement Type:	Commune
Pushpin Map:	Haiti
Pushpin Label Position:	top
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Haiti
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Haiti
Subdivision Type1:	Department
Subdivision Name1:	Sud
Subdivision Type2:	Arrondissement
Subdivision Name2:	Chardonnières
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	27,182
Coordinates:	18.3°N -74.2167°W
Elevation M:	0

Les Anglais (pronounced as /fr/; Haitian; Haitian Creole: Zanglè), French for "The English", is a commune in the Chardonnières Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. It has 27,182 inhabitants. The eye of Hurricane Matthew made landfall near Les Anglais on 4 October 2016 at 6 a.m. EST (11:00 a.m. UTC) as a powerful Category 4 hurricane with winds of 230 km/h (145 mph).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: IHSI . INSTITUT HAÏTIEN DE STATISTIQUE ET D’INFORMATIQUE . 30 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141124143829/http://ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/POPTOTAL%26MENAGDENS_ESTIM2009.pdf . 24 November 2014 .
2. Web site: Avila, Lixion. Lixion Avila. Hurricane Matthew Intermediate Advisory 25a. National Hurricane Center. 5 October 2016. 4 October 2016. Matthew made landfall near Les Anglais about 700 AM EDT (1100 UTC)....Maximum sustained winds remain near 145 mph (230 km/h) with higher gusts. Matthew is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir- Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale..