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L-Epine Destination Guide

Explore L-Epine in Haiti

L-Epine in the region of Ouest is a town in Haiti - some 32 mi or ( 51 km ) East of Port-au-Prince , the country's capital city .

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Current time in L-Epine is now 10:26 PM (Tuesday) . 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, Santa Cruz de Barahona, San Pedro de Macorís, and Puerto Plata. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Santo Domingo . We encountered 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 L-Epine ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Amazing Port-au-Prince MD-80 Cockpit Video, MTPP Toussaint Louverture International Haiti HD720p

22:17 min by haitiano1982
Views: 7237 Rating: 5.00

Descend over the Dominican Republic through a canyon connecting to Haiti. There are 2 Lakes in this canyon. The first you see is in the Dominican Republic, called "Enriquillo". It has an National Park ..

daivol fresh- ya no creo

4:42 min by the3ddy23
Views: 337 Rating: 0.00

los frayles city dj 3ddy blade ..


GRACE SEWS FOR HAITI OCTOBER 2011.wmv

5:43 min by lessofmemoreofthee
Views: 181 Rating: 5.00

Community in La Vernia, Texas come together to SEW Dresses for HAITI. October 2011 Grace Bible Church, La Vernia, Texas shares dresses made with the children and families in Carrefour, Haiti. ..

Potino Church Singers (Haiti)

0:30 min by psuther2
Views: 117 Rating: 0.00

In the village of Potino on the central plateau of Haiti on a Sunday morning this group shared a song with the congregation. We were seated behind them which explains the angle from which the video wa ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Etang Saumâtre

Étang Saumâtre is the largest lake in Haiti and the second largest lake in Hispaniola, after Lake Enriquillo. It is also known as Lac Azuéi (Lake Azuéi); it is called Lago del Fondo in the Dominican Republic. Its Taíno name was Yainagua. The Étang Saumâtre, the brackish water lake is a twin of the Enriquillo Lake, is 22 kilometres east of Port-au-Prince on the fertile Plaine du Cul-de-Sac.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 18.60 -72.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Dominican Republic–Haiti border, International lakes of North America, Lagoons, Lakes of 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 22 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Communes of Haiti, Dominican Republic–Haiti border crossings, Populated places in Haiti

Malpasse

Malpasse is a town in the Croix-des-Bouquets arrondissement, inside the Ouest Department of Haiti. It is located around {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:18|29|20|N|71|53|1|W| | |name= }}. Its border crossing to Jimaní is one of the four chief land crossings to the Dominican Republic.

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Located at 18.49 -71.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Dominican Republic–Haiti border crossings, Ouest Department, Populated places in 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.

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Located at 18.91 -72.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 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 28 km away
Tags: Centre Department, Dams completed in 1956, Dams in Haiti, Hydroelectric power stations in Haiti