Petit Paradis
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| subdivision_name1 = Ouest
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| subdivision_name2 = Léogâne
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Petit Paradis (French: Little Paradise) is a town in the Léogâne Arrondissement in the Ouest department of Haiti.{{cite web|url=http://www.maplandia.com/haiti/ouest/petit-paradis-18-29-0-n-72-38-0-w/| title=Petit Paradis Map — Satellite Images of Petit Paradis}}
2010 Haiti earthquake
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A tsunami wave three metres or higher hit the beach shortly after the 12 January 2010 earthquake killing several residents. The area was subsided and a large portion of the beach remained submerged.[http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/01/22/watson.haiti.waves.cnn "Huge Wave Strikes Haiti Coast"], CNN (21 January 2010). Retrieved on 22 January 2010 The tsunami reached several hundred yards into the village, destroying several homes, and sweeping several people out to sea, some of them killed.CNN, [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/22/haiti.paradise.lost/ "In Petit Paradis, earthquake then tsunami"], Rich Phillips, 23 January 2010 (accessed 23 January 2010)
US Navy Seabees and US Marines arrived at the beach on the 22nd,CNN, CNN Newsroom, airdate 23 January 2010 and started to distribute aid on the 23rd.
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Category:Populated places in Ouest (department)
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