Petit-Goâve
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Petit-Goâve ({{langx|ht|Ti Gwav}}) is a coastal commune in the Léogâne Arrondissement in the Ouest department of Haiti. It is located {{convert|68|km}} southwest of Port-au-Prince. The town has a population of approximately 12,000 inhabitants.
History
The town is one of the oldest cities of the country, and was named Goâve by the Amerindians. The Spanish called it Aguava at the end of the 16th century. After French colonization through the releasing of the Spanish, the French divided the city into two halves; Grand-Goâve and Petit-Goâve. Petit-Goâve became a wealthy settlement and briefly functioned as a de facto capital of the prosperous colony of Saint-Domingue. It is also very famous for its sweet candy called dous makòs.
=January 2010 earthquake=
The town was significantly affected by the 12 January 2010 earthquake.{{Cite news |last=Rentas |first=Khadijah |date=15 January 2010 |title=Outside Port-au-Prince, 'towns are absolutely destroyed' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/15/earthquake.damage.elsewhere/index.html?hpt=T2 |access-date=17 January 2010 |work=CNN |lang=en}} On 20 January a strong aftershock of magnitude 5.9 Mw struck Haiti.{{Cite news |last=Haven |first=Paul |last2=Melia |first2=Mike |date=2010-01-21 |title=Aftershock drives more from Haitian capital |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/01/20/haiti-earthquake |access-date=2024-04-29 |work=MPR News |location=Port-au-Prince |agency=Associated Press}} The U.S. Geological Survey reported that its epicenter was almost exactly under Petit-Goâve. The magnitude of the aftershock was initially reported as 6.1 by the USGS, but was later revised to 5.9.{{Cite web |date=20 January 2010 |title=Magnitude 6.1 - Haiti Region |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010rsbb.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123000717/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010rsbb.php |archive-date=23 January 2010 |access-date=20 January 2010}}
On the 19th, authorized by the Haitian government, 1300 US Marines were deployed equally between Petit-Goâve and Grand-Goâve.{{Cite news |last=Renois |first=Clarens |date=19 January 2010 |title=Les Américains passent à la vitesse supérieure |trans-title=The Americans are shifting into higher gear |url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/international/amerique-latine/seisme-en-haiti/201001/19/01-940784-les-americains-passent-a-la-vitesse-superieure.php |access-date=28 January 2010 |work=Cyberpresse |agency=Agence France-Presse |lang=fr}} Spanish amphibious assault ship Castilla is to arrive at Petit-Goâve beginning in February to assist in recovery efforts.{{Cite news |date=2010-01-27 |title=Le navire-hopital espagnol devrait arriver à Petit-Goave début février |trans-title=The Spanish hospital ship should arrive in Petit-Goave in early February |url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Le-navire-hopital-espagnol-devrait-arriver-a-Petit-Goave-debut-fevrier_6346-1241588-fils-tous-Une_filDMA.Htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129215655/http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Le-navire-hopital-espagnol-devrait-arriver-a-Petit-Goave-debut-fevrier_6346-1241588-fils-tous-Une_filDMA.Htm |archive-date=2010-01-29 |access-date=28 January 2010 |work=Journal Ouest-France |lang=fr}}{{Cite news |date=2010-02-05 |title=Spanish Aid Ship Reaches Haiti |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=351720&CategoryId=14092 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319193457/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=351720&CategoryId=14092 |archive-date=2012-03-19 |access-date=2010-02-05 |work=Latin American Herald Tribune}}
By 9 February 2010, the US 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit was rotating out of Haiti, having been replaced by the US 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, in their position on {{USS|Bataan|LHD-5|6}} and Carrefour, Léogâne, Petit-Goâve, and Grand-Goâve.{{Cite news |date=2010-02-09 |title=24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Leaving Haiti |url=http://www.witn.com/stateregional/headlines/83871422.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718073539/http://www.witn.com/stateregional/headlines/83871422.html |archive-date=2011-07-18 |access-date=2010-02-10 |work=WITN-TV |agency=NBC News}}{{Cite news |date=8 February 2010 |title=22nd MEU Moves Into Carrefour |url=http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=45117 |access-date=10 February 2010 |work=DVIDS}}
Aid For Haiti (AFH), a US-based non-profit has been coordinating some of the local medical care in the area of Petit-Goâve. They are located at the Wesleyan Compound in Petit-Goâve.
The 400th episode of the radio program This American Life, which aired in February 2010, featured a story on College Harry Brakeman, a school in Petit-Goâve, and estimated 1,000 people died due to the earthquake.{{Cite news |date=2017-12-14 |title=400: Stories Pitched by Our Parents |url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/400/transcript |access-date=2018-06-19 |work=This American Life}}
Notables
- Laurens de Graaf (d. 1704), Dutch pirate and privateer captain in French service, based in Petit-Goâve during French colonial rule
- Anne Dieu-le-Veut (1661 - 1710), female Buccaneer and wife to Laurens de Graaf
- Dany Laferrière, Haitian-Canadian writer
- Faustin Elie Soulouque (Faustin I), President of Haiti (1847–1849), Emperor of Haiti (1849–1859)
Facilities
Petit-Goâve has a hospital, Notre-Dame de Petit-Goâve.{{Cite news |last=Nieves |first=Gema |date=8 February 2010 |title=La operación 'Hispaniola', totalmente operativa en Haití |url=http://www.ateneadigital.es/RevistaAtenea/REVISTA/articulos/GestionNoticias_1591_ESP.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006014946/http://www.ateneadigital.es/RevistaAtenea/REVISTA/articulos/GestionNoticias_1591_ESP.asp |archive-date=2010-10-06 |access-date=11 February 2010 |work=Atenea |lang=es}}
In February 2010, this hospital was largely unusable due to damage from the earthquake. The Norwegian Red Cross ERU (Emergency Response Unit) has established their field hospital in the hospital and runs 2 fully equipped Operation Theaters and 2 ambulances with paramedics. Norwegian Red Cross support the hospital with electrical power, medical equipment and medicine.
On February 15, 2013, the US State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs announced that it would be funding and building a 150-bed prison in Petit-Goâve to replace the one destroyed in 2004 after the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide{{Cite news |last=Daniel |first=Trenton |date=15 February 2013 |title=US plans to build 2 prisons in Haiti's provinces |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/15/3237365/us-plans-to-build-2-prisons-in.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223023831/https://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/15/3237365/us-plans-to-build-2-prisons-in.html |archive-date=2013-02-23 |access-date=17 February 2013 |work=Miami Herald |location=Port-au-Prince |agency=Associated Press |lang=en}}
Pictures
File:Petit-Goâve 1981 (Flickr).jpg|The town of Petit-Goâve in 1981
File:Street scene in Petit-Goâve 2018 2.jpg|Street scene in Petit-Goâve
File:Landscape in Palmes, Petit-Goâve, Haiti, 2018 2.jpg|Landscape in Les Palmes
File:Catholic Church in Delatte, Petit-Goâve, Haiti.jpg|A catholic church in the village of Delatte
File:Market in Delatte, Petit-Goâve, Haiti, 2017.jpg|A market in Delatte
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302212830/http://www.petitgoave350.com/ Petit-Goâve 350 Development]
- Reuters, [http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satelliteimages/UNOSAT/147c446fe2f5db3076fb9f563c01a9d4.htm "Petit-Goâve atlas of building damage assessment"], 2 March 2010
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