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Limonade

Limonade 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. Limonade is also the city in which François Capois, a renowned hero of the Haitian Revolution, died.

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Limonade
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Commune
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Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 19°40′0″N 72°7′0″W / 19.66667°N 72.11667°W / 19.66667; -72.11667
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] ⓘ; 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

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References

  1. Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. [1] Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, www.limonadehaiti.com
  3. "Haiti Officially Opens Roi Henri Christophe Campus in Limonade". 22 September 2012.
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