Les Cayes

Haiti / Sud / Les Cayes /
 city, capital city of state/province/region, commune - administrative division
Les Cayes (Kréyòl: Okay; English: "The Cays") is a town and seaport in southwest Haiti near the river Ravine du Sud, on the Caribbean coast. It is the capital of the Sud Département. Formerly known as "Aux Cayes".

Les Cayes is at about 196 km southwest of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. It is also the chief town of an arrondissement (a part of a department) with the same name. The arrondissement has six communes (a commune is like a municipality): Les Cayes, Camp-Perrin, Chantal, Île à Vache, Maniche and Torbeck.

It is one of the largest cities in south west Haiti. It has a port that has been greatly damaged in one of the many hurricanes that has hit it over the years.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Cayes
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Coordinates:   18°12'45"N   73°45'39"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago