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HAITIAN HISTORY
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Located in the Caribbean Sea, Haiti occupies the western part of the island called by the Indians Quisqueya boyo i.e. mountainous country , then St Domingue by French and Haiti after independence January 1,1804 . Surface of 27.750 square Kms and more than 7.000.000 inhabitants. French official language and creole vernacular language and a great number speaks English or Spanish. Discovered on December 5, 1492 per Christophe Colon Italian, financed by Spain, Spanish devastated the country and exterminated the Indians. For lack of arm, since 1503, they bring from Africa of the black slaves who underwent most criminal of the treatments that the man can inflict to the man. The black slaves do not have to delay to revolt whose leaders were, Bouckman 1791, Toussaint Louverture 1801, Jean Jacques Dessalines 1803, assistances of the Generals, Henri Christophe having formed part of the troops which fought in Savannah with dimensions of French for American independence. Alexandre Pétion, having then helped Bolivar Simon for the release of Venezuela. Unfortunately, Haiti knew more difficult periods the ones more than the others since independence at our days. War for the presidency more than 30 presidents, war for the seats of the legislative rooms. Corruption, flights. One occupied twice all the island with The Emperor Jean Jacques Dessalines in 1806 and Emperor Faustin Soulouque 1849. Since the legal settlement of March 28, 1860, the official religion is Catholicism, but the freedom of the religion is guaranteed, Protestant and vodou. Haiti abounds in beaches, good temperature for nautical ski and plunged under navy. The foot ball occupies a great place in the heart of the Haitians, the relaxation under the shades |
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The Mole St Nicolas and his rural Sections. The commune of the Mole St Nicolas, city of discovered is in the extreme west of the north of Haiti and gathers three rural sections: Cotes de Fer (1ere), Mare Rouge (2e) and Damé (3e). After Christophe Colomb, the habitants of Mole in the beginning were driven out arcadiens of Canada and Germans. Discouraged by the dryness of the place, the Acadian ones left for Louisiana (the USA) and the Germans for Bombardopolis, commune adjacent of the Mole. At the time of the fight for independence, the English who tried to occupy Saint-Domingue settled two years in Môle Saint Nicolas. August 31, 1798 Major Thomas Mainland gave the keys of the city of the Mole to the black General Toussaint Louverture at the time of the war of the fortifications. Mole is made up of a population for half resulting from the unions of the black slaves and the white colonists. The population is known in the far west for their hospitality, their knowledge to make and smartness, their kindness .The natural beauty of the areas, the white sand beaches , the broad bay, the careenage, bathed by a clear and bluish sea, the exotic and luxuriant panorama, the streets traced with the chalk line and the colonial vestiges present real tourist potentialities. Unfortunately They are not currently made profitable. It is the department more neglected by all the governments since independence. The Mole St Nicolas population is estimated at approximately 150.000 inhabitants of which only 4.000 live in the center of the Mole, all the remainder is found in the three communal sections. The economic life puts back on fishing "an empirical fishing to 60 %, 15 % of goats and 25 % of agriculture" and the charcoal trade. Agriculture is practised especially in the rural sections: Damé, Cotes de Fer and Mare Rouge . One finds there according to the season and sometimes in abundance, pistachio, corn, potato, beans, banana, manioc, of coconuts, coffee etc. The distance (Port- au -Prince - Mole St Nicolas) is If you are still septic, come to see us at Mare rouge,Cotes de fer, the Mole or visit in image the Mole at: WWW:MOLESAINTNICOLASHAITI.COM |
