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Anse-à-Galets

Coordinates: 18°50′0″N 72°52′0″W / 18.83333°N 72.86667°W / 18.83333; -72.86667
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Anse-à-Galets
  • Ansagalèt
Anse-à-Galets is located in Haiti
Anse-à-Galets
Anse-à-Galets
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°50′0″N 72°52′0″W / 18.83333°N 72.86667°W / 18.83333; -72.86667
CountryHaiti
DepartmentOuest
ArrondissementLa Gonâve
Area
 • Total372.01 km2 (143.63 sq mi)
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (March, 2015)[1]
 • Total62,559
 • Density168/km2 (440/sq mi)

Anse-à-Galets (Haitian Creole: Ansagalèt) is a commune and city in the La Gonâve Arrondissement, in the Ouest department on Gonâve Island in Haiti, located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest commune on the island and has 62,559 inhabitants.

The current[when?] mayor of the city of Anse-a-Galets is Ernso Louissaint.[citation needed]

Transportation

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The commune is served by Anse-à-Galets Airport and a public wharf. The public wharf has daily ferry traffic to the Haitian mainland at the Carries Ferry terminal.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2017.