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Léogâne Arrondissement

Leyogàn Awondisman
Léogâne Arrondissement Leyogàn Awondisman
Arrondissement
Country	Haiti
Department	Ouest
Area
• Arrondissement	1,015.90 km2 (392.24 sq mi)
• Urban	18.83 km2 (7.27 sq mi)
• Rural	997.07 km2 (384.97 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Arrondissement	509,280
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
• Urban	324,475
• Rural	184,805
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
Postal code	HT62—
Communes	3
Communal Sections	32
IHSI Code	012

Léogâne (Haitian Creole: Leyogàn) is an arrondissement in the Ouest Department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 509,280 inhabitants.^[1] Postal codes in the Léogâne Arrondissement start with the number 62.

The arondissement consists of the following communes:

History

2010 7.0 earthquake

On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the arrondissement. The city of Léogâne was estimated to be 80–90% destroyed.^[2] Petit Goâve was greatly affected by the quake.^[3] All public buildings in Grand-Goâve were destroyed.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population totale, population de 18 ans et plus ménages et densités estimés en 2015" [Total Population, Population of 18 and over, Households and Densities Estimated in 2015] (PDF). IHSI (in French). March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
^ ABC News, 'Haiti Disaster Like "No Other"', AFP, Lisa Millar, 17 January 2010 (accessed 17 January 2010)
^ CNN, "Outside Port-au-Prince, 'towns are absolutely destroyed'", Khadijah Rentas, 15 January 2010 (accessed 17 January 2010)
^ (in French) La Presse (Montreal), "Deux Québécoises sont mortes à Grand-Goâve", Émilie Côté, 18 January 2010 (accessed 21 January 2010)