The Cayemites are a pair of islands located in the Gulf of Gonâve

Gulf of Gonâve

The Gulf of Gonâve is a large gulf along the western coast of Haiti. Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, is located on the coast of the gulf. Other cities on the gulf coast include Gonaïves, Saint-Marc, Miragoâne, and Jérémie. Several islands are located in the gulf, the largest being Gonâve...

 off the coast of southwest Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

. The two islands, known individually as Grande Cayemite and Petite Cayemite, are a combined 45 square kilometres (17.4 sq mi) in area. Petite Cayemite lies just west of the larger island, Grande Cayemite. The islands are approximately 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) east of the city of Jérémie

Jérémie

Jérémie is the capital city of the department of Grand'Anse, in Haiti, with a population of about 31,000 . It is almost isolated from the rest of the country...

 and are in the administrative department of Grand'Anse

Grand'Anse Department

Grand'Anse is one of the ten administrative departments of Haiti. Its capital is Jérémie.-History:...

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