Official Name: | Roche-à-Bateau Sud Haiti |
Native Name: | Wòchabato |
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: | Côteaux |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 16,727 |
Coordinates: | 18.1833°N -74°W |
Elevation M: | 97 |
Roche-à-Bateaux (pronounced as /fr/; ht|Wòchabato) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2009, the municipality had 16,727 residents.
Roche-à-Bateaux was hit by a category 4 tropical storm in 2016, Hurricane Matthew[2] directly passed over the Sud department of Haiti over the course of 36 minutes. 50 people were killed as a result of the 9.8ft (3m) storm surge[3] which hit the coastal town, strong winds of 145mph also destroyed 62% of homes in the municipality.