Roche-à-Bateaux

Roche-à-Bateau Sud Haiti
Wòchabato
Commune
Roche-à-Bateau Sud Haiti is located in Haiti
Roche-à-Bateau Sud Haiti
Roche-à-Bateau Sud Haiti
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°11′0″N 74°0′0″W / 18.18333°N 74.00000°W / 18.18333; -74.00000
CountryHaiti
DepartmentSud
ArrondissementCôteaux
Elevation
97 m (318 ft)
Population
 (2009)[1]
 • Total
16,727

Roche-à-Bateaux (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃ a bato]; Haitian Creole: Wòchabato) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2009, the municipality had 16,727 residents.

Settlements

References

  1. ^ "IHSI" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

History

Roche-à-Bateaux was hit by a category 4 tropical storm in 2016, Hurricane Matthew[1] directly passed over the Sud department of Haiti over the course of 36 minutes. 50 people were killed as a result of the 9.8ft (3m) storm surge[2] which hit the coastal town, strong winds of 145mph also destroyed 62% of homes in the municipality.

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  1. ^ "Hurricane Matthew: Haiti south '90% destroyed'". BBC News. 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  2. ^ "Storm Surge Overview". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-21.