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Zaboca Destination Guide

Touring Zaboca in Haiti

Zaboca in the region of Centre is located in Haiti - some 35 mi or ( 57 km ) North of Port-au-Prince , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Zaboca

Time in Zaboca is now 06:10 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/Port-au-Prince " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santa Cruz de Barahona, San Juan de la Maguana, and Salvaleón de Higüey. 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 Zaboca ? 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

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 18.90 -72.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Dams completed in 1956, Dams in Haiti, Hydroelectric power stations in 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

Rivière Bouyaha

The Rivière Bouyaha is a river of Haiti. Bouyaha River, in French riviere Bouyaha, is a river flowing through the cities of Dondon, Saint Raphael and Pignon. It is said that the river started in the mountain surrounding the municipalities of Dondon and Marmelade. Bouyaha river merges with the guayamouc river in the nearby city of Hinche.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 19.17 -72.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Rivers of Haiti

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 20 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Lakes 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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 19.15 -72.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Departments of Haiti

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