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Derac Destination Guide

Touring Derac in Haiti

Derac in the region of Nord-Est with its 1,855 citizens is located in Haiti - some 84 mi or ( 135 km ) North-East of Port-au-Prince , the country's capital city .

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Time in Derac is now 06:14 PM (Tuesday) . 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, San Pedro de Macorís, San Juan de la Maguana, 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 Derac ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

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! ..


Dajabón Market Place 1

0:57 min by Wilkes2oo9
Views: 1116 Rating: 0.00

This is a shot of the bridge that spans the river between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. At about :55 you hear an 'actual' horn, from a moto. Most times it's just vendors running along with their w ..

Walking through the main street of Ferrier, Haiti

1:13 min by Rafael Perez
Views: 1058 Rating: 3.00

The main street in Ferrier ..


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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 3 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 3 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 7 km away
Tags: Forts in Haiti, Military history of 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 9 km away
Tags: Monte Cristi Province, Municipalities of the Dominican Republic, Populated places in the Dominican Republic

Manzanillo Port

Manzanillo Port is located in Manzanillo, Montecristi, Dominican Republic. It is very close to the border with Haiti.

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Located at 19.71 -71.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Ports and harbours of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Urban planning in the Dominican Republic

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