Explore Nan Crete in Haiti
Nan Crete in the region of Ouest is a town in Haiti - some 27 mi or ( 43 km ) East of Port-au-Prince , the country's capital city .
Current time in Nan Crete is now 11:13 AM (Sunday) . 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 Juan de la Maguana, and Salvaleón de Higüey. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Santo Domingo . We saw 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 Nan Crete ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
A Market in Haiti
Images from an afternoon's foray into a Haitian market, accompanied by Haitian troubador music. ..
Professional wakeboarder JD Webb supports Hope For Haiti Healing
Jd Webb becomes a vested sponsor of Hope For Haiti Healing and plans a trip to the island country to help build houses for earthquake victims. ..
2010 Haitian EQ Good Samaritan Hospital
Relief efforts at Good Samaritan Hospital ER ..
Project Haiti 2009 Slideshow
A slideshow of pictures from Project Haiti's spring break medical outreach trip in 2009. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Chaîne de la Selle
Chaîne de la Selle is the name of a mountain chain in Haiti. Part of it is Pic la Selle, which is the highest point of Haiti at a height of 2,680 meters (8,793 feet) above sea level.
Located at 18.37 -71.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
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.
Located at 18.49 -71.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Jimaní
Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main thoroughfares to Haiti, with a duty free open air marketplace operating on the border with the Haitian town of Malpasse. Half of the town was completely washed away in the flash flood of May 25, 2004, killing many of the citizens during the night. It is still in the process of rebuilding.
Located at 18.48 -71.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Rivière Soliette
The Rivière Soliette (in Haiti) or Arroyo Blanco (in the Dominican Republic) is a river in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. On 24 May 2004, it overran its banks resulting in the death of over one thousand individuals, with hundreds more injured and homeless near the city of Jimani.
Located at 18.48 -71.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
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.
Located at 18.60 -72.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
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