Jean-Rabel
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Jean-Rabel is a city located west of the city of Port de Paix and east of the city of Mole st Niclas Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement
Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement
Môle-Saint-Nicolas is an arrondissement in the Nord-Ouest Department of Haiti.It has 169,238 inhabitants.Postal codes in the Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement start with the number 33....

, in the Nord-Ouest Department
Nord-Ouest Department
Nord-Ouest is one of the ten departments of Haiti as well as the northernmost one. It has an area of 2,176 km² and a population of 445,080 . Its capital is Port-de-Paix....

 of 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...

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It has 125,745 inhabitants.
The city of Jean-Rabel is the most important in the western area of the Department. It has an area of 471.77 Km² (184.51 square mile). It is located at Latitude 19°52′ N and Longitude 73°11′ W. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the North side, the District of Môle Saint Nicolas on the West side, the District of Port-de-Paix on the East side, and the City of Anse-Rouge in the Department of Artibonite on the South side.

La ville de Jean-Rabel share its name with the Town (French: Ville) of Jean-Rabel which is a major metropolitan business area. The city of Jean-Rabel is 23 mi/37 Km WSW of Port-de-Paix and 155.35 mi/250 Km North of Port-au-Prince. The City also share its name with the river: La riviere de Jean-Rabel.

SUB-DIVISION

Jean-Rabel's territory is divided into seven (7) sections and the town (French: Ville, le Bourg) of Jean-Rabel:

1. LACOMA

2. GUINAUDEE

3. VIELLE HATTE

4. LA MONTAGNE

5. DESSOURCES

6. GRANDE SOURCE

7. DIONDION

MOUNTAIN RANGES

Jean-Rabel's territory contains two mountain ranges: the Saint Nicolas mountain range, located in the central part has the two highest altitude point (The Pic Morvan, 800 meters high; Mount Château, 840 meters high) , and the Jean-Rabel mountain range with the highest point is 850 meters.

Did You Know?

The Republic of Haïti has three places with the name of Jean Rabel:
1.- Jean-Rabel in the North-West Department. (Lat 19°52′ N Long 73°11′W)
2.- Jean Rabel in the North-East Department. (Lat 19°26′ N Long 71°47′W)
3.- Jean Rabel in the South-East Department. (Lat 18° N Long 72° W)

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