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Caracol Destination Guide

Touring Caracol in Haiti

Caracol in the region of Centre is a city located in Haiti - some 36 mi or ( 58 km ) North-East of Port-au-Prince , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Caracol

Time in Caracol is now 02:31 PM (Sunday) . 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 Caracol ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Haiti, Jacmel : Haitian Eksperyans (part 4 of 4)

7:00 min by jakmelfilmfest
Views: 13623 Rating: 4.56

Travel with us throughout Haiti and discover this magical island. Often misunderstood and misrepresented, this film offers a look at the people and the countryside rarely explored by foreigners. Poste ..

Haiti, Jacmel : Haitian Eksperyans (part 1 of 4)

6:10 min by jakmelfilmfest
Views: 7411 Rating: 4.74

Travel with us throughout Haiti and discover this magical island. Often misunderstood and misrepresented, this film offers a look at the people and the countryside rarely explored by foreigners. Poste ..


Haiti, Jacmel : Haitian Eksperyans (part 2 of 4)

6:28 min by jakmelfilmfest
Views: 7208 Rating: 5.00

Travel with us throughout Haiti and discover this magical island. Often misunderstood and misrepresented, this film offers a look at the people and the countryside rarely explored by foreigners. Poste ..

Haiti, Jacmel : Haitian Eksperyans (part 3 of 4)

5:16 min by jakmelfilmfest
Views: 7078 Rating: 5.00

Travel with us throughout Haiti and discover this magical island. Often misunderstood and misrepresented, this film offers a look at the people and the countryside rarely explored by foreigners. Poste ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 18.94 -71.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Mission hospitals, Partners in Health

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 18.91 -72.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Lakes of Haiti

Péligre Dam

The Péligre Dam is a hydroelectric dam located off the Centre Department on the Artibonite River of Haiti. It is the largest dam on the island of Hispaniola consisting of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The dam was created as a flood-control and an energy-providing measure in the Artibonite river valley as part of the Artibonite Valley Agricultural Project in the 1930s. The dam was completed in 1956 thus creating Lake Péligre (essentially a large reservoir) in the process.

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Located at 18.90 -72.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Dams completed in 1956, Dams in Haiti, Hydroelectric power stations in Haiti

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 12 km away
Tags: Rivers of Haiti

Mirebalais Arrondissement

Mirebalais is an arrondissement in the Centre Department of Haiti, with 164,910 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Mirebalais Arrondissement start with the number 52. The arondissement consists of the following municipalities: Mirebalais Saut-d'Eau Boucan-Carré

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Located at 18.83 -72.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Arrondissements of Haiti, Centre Department