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La Goas Destination Guide

Discover La Goas in Haiti

La Goas in the region of Centre is a place located in Haiti - some 37 mi or ( 60 km ) North-East of Port-au-Prince , the country's capital .

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Local time in La Goas is now 07:20 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Port-au-Prince " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santa Cruz de Barahona, San Pedro de Macorís, and Puerto Plata. When in this area, you might want to check out Santo Domingo . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in La Goas ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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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.

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Located at 18.94 -71.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 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.

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Located at 18.91 -72.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Lakes of 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 10 km away
Tags: Rivers 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 11 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Dams completed in 1956, Dams in Haiti, Hydroelectric power stations in Haiti

Belladère

Belladère is a town in the Lascahobas Arrondissement, inside the Centre Department of Haiti. Its border crossing to Comendador (Elías Piña) is one of the four chief land crossings to the Dominican Republic.

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Located at 18.87 -71.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Communes of Haiti, Dominican Republic–Haiti border crossings, Populated places in Haiti