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San Jose Destination Guide

Touring San Jose in Haiti

San Jose in the region of Centre is a city located in Haiti - some 47 mi or ( 76 km ) North-East of Port-au-Prince , the country's capital city .

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Time in San Jose is now 07:44 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Port-au-Prince " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santa Cruz de Barahona, San Pedro de Macorís, and Puerto Plata. Being here already, consider visiting Santo Domingo . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for San Jose ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Haiti Medical Trip

5:19 min by HaitiEndowmentFund
Views: 1131 Rating: 5.00

January 27 - February 3, 2011 - A medical team of 16 from Coeur d'Alene, ID and Temecula, CA visited Hinche, Haiti to provide medical care to the surrounding villages. This is a quick look at the trip ..

Al Battle's New Band in Ouanaminthe, Haiti

1:47 min by davejames4
Views: 853 Rating: 0.00

Sue and Chris were sent to teach by the First Baptist Church, Woodstown, NJ ..


Center of Hope (Haiti)

11:03 min by jennalee11
Views: 337 Rating: 0.00

Center of Hope (Haiti) is located in the central highland city of Hinche. It is our vision to foster the livelihood and hope for the future of orphaned children of Haiti by providing shelter, educatio ..

Haiti Well Village Found!

3:57 min by danielrcooley
Views: 50 Rating: 0.00

We took a 4-hour trip from Port-au-Prince to Pierre-Brizare, a primitive village in the mountains where they have no clean water. The lake is closer to Port-au-Prince. The last hour was more trail tha ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Guayamouc River

The Guayamouc River, Riviere Guayamouc, is a river in central and eastern Haiti. It rises on the Massif du Nord and flows generally southeast for 113 km into the Artibonite River at the border with the Dominican Republic. It is notable for producing the fertile plain of central Haiti. Notable cities on the Guayamouc include Hinche.

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Located at 18.98 -71.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Rivers of Haiti

Centre Department

Centre is one of the ten departments of Haiti, located in the center of the country, along the border with the Dominican Republic. It has an area of 3,675 km² and a population of 564,200 (2002). Its capital is Hinche. It borders the Dominican Republic to the east. It is the only landlocked department of Haiti. It contains the second largest lake in Haiti Lake Peligre, which was created as a result of the construction of the Peligre Hydroelectric Dam on the Artibonite River during the 1950s.

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Located at 19.15 -72.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Departments of Haiti

Zanmi Lasante

Zanmi Lasante is a sister organization to the Boston-based Partners In Health that operates out of Cange in central Haiti. The name, Zanmi Lasante, means Partners In Health in Kreyòl. {{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}} It was built in 1985 to treat patients incapable of paying hospital fees.

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Located at 18.94 -71.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Mission hospitals, Partners in Health

Pedro Santana, Elías Piña

Pedro Santana is a city in the province of Elías Piña in the Dominican Republic. It is located on the border of Haiti.

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Located at 19.10 -71.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Elías Piña Province, Populated places in the Dominican Republic

Lake Péligre

Lake Péligre (French: Lac de Péligre) is the second largest lake in Haiti, and is located in the Centre Department. Tracy Kidder describes it as "beautiful, blue waters set among steep, arid mountains". {{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}} It was created as a result of the construction of the Peligre Hydroelectric Dam on the Artibonite River in 1956–1957. The project was designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and financed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

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Located at 18.91 -72.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Lakes of Haiti

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