Official Name: | Pont-Sondé |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Artibonite |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Saint-Marc |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 10,000 |
Coordinates: | 19.1493°N -72.6147°W |
Pont-Sondé (pronounced as /fr/) is a town in the communal section of Bocozelle in the Saint-Marc commune, in the Artibonite department of Haiti.[1] [2]
Pont-Sondé is located on an important crossroads through which passes including the road linking the capital Port-au-Prince to the second largest city of Cap-Haïtien in the northern coast. The town developed around a bridge over the bank of the Artibonite River. This standard bridge was built in 1880 with a range of 90 meters. It is also an important market which is held along the road and on the bridge over the Artibonite River.[3]
Pont-Sondé is the leading producer of rice in Haiti.