Bombardopolis
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Bombardopolis ({{langx|ht|Bonbadopolis}}) is a commune located in the hilly country of the Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti.
History
File:Vue de Bombardopolis ou Bombarde (Alexis-Nicolas Pérignon et Nicolas Ponce).jpg
Bombardopolis was founded in 1764 by German settlers with the support of the nearby Director of Môle, Mr. Fusée Aublet. A population of French Acadians who had been living in Louisiana and Germans from French Guiana had arrived in Môle-Saint-Nicolas. The local government wished to separate those of German ancestry from the Acadians, judging the two cultures could not happily coexist. The new community was named after Fusée Aublet's German benefactor, Pierre-Paul Bombarda,1698-1783, also known as M. Bombarde de Beaulieu. a wealthy financier and amateur naturalist,{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog01more|title=Description topographique et politique de la partie Française de l'Isle Saint-Domingue|last=Moreau de Saint-Méry|first=M.L.E.|year=1798|volume=2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog01more/page/47 47]–48}} son of Gio Paolo Bombarda.
During the colonial period, Bombardopolis was first a parish under the administration of the Quartier du Môle-Saint-Nicolas, and then was elevated to canton status in 1797. Bombardopolis was made a commune of the Republic of Haiti in 1821, during the administration of President Jean-Pierre Boyer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.urd.org/IMG/pdf/PDC_2_Bombardopolis_2011-2016.pdf|title=Plan Communal de Développement de la commune de Bombardopolis 2011‐2016|date=July 2011|website=Urgence réhabilitation développement|language=fr|format=PDF|access-date=1 April 2016}}
Economy
The local economy is mainly based on the production of charcoal, goat farming and fishing.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}
Demography
The commune had an estimated adult population of 36,028 for the year 2015.
The commune had an estimated adult population of {{formatnum:32764}} for the year 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/POPTOTAL&MENAGDENS_ESTIM2009.pdf|title=Population totale, par sexe et population de 18 ans et plus estimées en 2009, au niveau des différentes unités géographiques|date=March 2009|website=Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique|publisher=IHSI|language=fr|format=PDF|access-date=1 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124143829/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/POPTOTAL%26MENAGDENS_ESTIM2009.pdf|archive-date=24 November 2014}}
The commune had an enumerated population of 27,360 for the year 2003.{{Cite web|url=http://ihsi.ht/|title=Institut Haitien de Statistique et d'Informatique|date=2003|website=IHSI|access-date=1 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416192920/http://ihsi.ht/|archive-date=16 April 2016}}
Communal Sections
Bombardopolis is subdivided into three communal sections, namely:
- Plate-Forme (contains the municipality of Bombardopolis)
- Des Forges
- Plaine-d'Oranges
References
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{{Communes of Haiti}}
Category:Populated places in Nord-Ouest (department)
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