Official Name: | Tiburon |
Native Name: | Tibiwon |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti[1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Sud |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Chardonnières |
Area Total Km2: | 154.0 |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 21,170 |
Population Density Km2: | 137.47 |
Coordinates: | 18.3333°N -74.4°W |
Elevation M: | 65 |
Tiburon (pronounced as /fr/; Haitian; Haitian Creole: Tibiwon) is a coastal commune in the Chardonnières Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. It has 21,170 inhabitants.[2] It is situated in a valley, at the mouth of the Tiburon River.
The valley of the Tiburon River and the town of Tiburon sit exactly on the Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault.