Coordinates: 19°40′0″N 72°7′0″W / 19.66667°N 72.11667°W / 19.66667; -72.11667

Limonade

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Limonade
Limonad
Limonade
Limonade
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CountryHaiti
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementCap-Haïtien
Elevation
66 m (217 ft)
Population
 (7 August 2003)[1]
 • Total
69,256
Time zoneUTC-05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-04:00 (EDT)

Limonade (French pronunciation: [limɔnad] <phonos file="LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-limonade.wav"></phonos>; Haitian Creole: Limonad) is a commune in the Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti. It has 69,256 inhabitants. Christopher Columbus and his crew celebrated the first Christmas in the Americas at Limonade in 1492.[2] Limonade is also the city in which François Capois, a renowned hero of the Haitian Revolution, died.

In 2012, a new university built by the Dominican Republic was finished near the town, Université Roi Henri Christophe, part of the University of Haiti.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, www.limonadehaiti.com
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