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Explore Toreste in Haiti

Toreste in the region of Nord-Est is a town in Haiti - some 77 mi or ( 125 km ) North of Port-au-Prince , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Toreste is now 02:19 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Port-au-Prince " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, San Pedro de Macorís, San Juan de la Maguana, and Puerto Plata. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Santo Domingo . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Toreste ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Haiti shocking Voodoo show!

9:50 min by faroutraveller
Views: 15134 Rating: 4.22

You should be older than 16 years to watch this! You shouldn`t care about chicken and blood! ..

Labadee Haiti Zip Line 11/28/2011 DF Very funny!

2:29 min by dfischer10
Views: 3530 Rating: 5.00

Labadee Haiti Zip Line 11/28/2011 DF Very Funny! ..


Haiti-Caribian Paradise?-Forgotten people

2:50 min by faroutraveller
Views: 2336 Rating: 4.75

Forgotten People! Showing a smal haitien village near to the boarder of the Dominican Republic. See at the market what kind of food they have to eat and how poor they really are! (This was 2002, today ..

Haiti 2012

5:06 min by Amanda Lenarski
Views: 1911 Rating: 5.00

I recently returned back from my third trip to Fort Liberte, Haiti. Every time I come back I feel like it becomes home more and more! ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Nord-Est Department

Nord-Est (English: North-East, Haitian Creole: Nòdès) is one of the ten departments of Haiti. It has an area of 1,805 km² and a population of 283,800 (2002). Its capital is Fort-Liberté. It used to be part of Nord Department. It borders the Dominican Republic to the east. The department is divided into four arrondissements: Fort-Liberté Arrondissement Ouanaminthe Arrondissement le Trou-du-Nord Arrondissement

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 19.67 -71.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Departments of Haiti, Nord-Est Department

Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794)

The Capture of Fort-Dauphin was a bloodless encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars on which a Spanish expedition under Gabriel de Aristizábal seized Fort-Liberté, then named Fort-Dauphin, from Revolutionary France. The French colonial garrisons, consisting of over a thousand men, surrendered without firing a single shot.

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Located at 19.67 -71.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Battles and conflicts without fatalities, Battles of the War of the First Coalition, Naval battles involving France, Naval battles involving Spain, Naval battles of the French Revolutionary Wars

Fort la Bouque

Fort la Bouque (commonly referred by locals as labouc) is one of three colonial forts in the North East area of Haiti or more specifically the Arrondissement of Fort-Liberte. The fort is located at the following coordinates {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:19|42|41.50|N|71|50|39.44|W| | |name= }} Fort-Liberté is Chef Lieu of the North East Department and its own Arrondissement by the same name.

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Located at 19.71 -71.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Forts in Haiti, Military history of Haiti

Bahon, Haiti

Bahon is a town in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement, Nord Department, Haiti. It is located on the Grand Rivière du Nord (river). It was formerly (1915) located on the railroad south from Cap-Haïtien.

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Located at 19.47 -72.11 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Communes of Haiti, Nord Department (Haiti), Populated places in Haiti

Pepillo Salcedo, Dominican Republic

Pepillo Salcedo is a municipality in the Monte Cristi Province of the Dominican Republic. It is the one on the shore located closest to Haiti.

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Located at 19.70 -71.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Monte Cristi Province, Municipalities of the Dominican Republic, Populated places in the Dominican Republic

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