Cité Soleil
| city, slum, commune - administrative division
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World / Haiti / Ouest / Port-au-Prince
city, slum, commune - administrative division
Cité Soleil (Kreyol: Site Solèy, English: Sun City) is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. Cité Soleil originally developed as a shanty town and grew to an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 residents, the majority of whom live in extreme poverty.
Photos circa 2002.
Photo Credit: Wikipedia User "CyberAnth"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CyberAnth
*Quote source:
www.redcross.int/EN/mag/magazine2006_2/10-11.html
Photos circa 2002.
Photo Credit: Wikipedia User "CyberAnth"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CyberAnth
*Quote source:
www.redcross.int/EN/mag/magazine2006_2/10-11.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cité_Soleil
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 18°35'35"N 72°19'11"W
- "Bwa Nef" Sector of Cité Soleil Slums 1.7 km
- MANGLARA PARADISE 881 km
- Los Chorritos 1048 km
- Barrios del 18 de Mayo 1064 km
- Catia 1064 km
- Barrio El Limón 1065 km
- Eje 4 - Juana Ramirez La Avanzadora 1071 km
- Petare Sur 1081 km
- Los Guido 1594 km
- Asentamiento "La limonada" 1988 km
- Phoenix Stadium 0.9 km
- Manelas 1.7 km
- Parc Industriel Metropolitain 2.4 km
- Shodecosa Industrial Park 3 km
- Toussaint Louverture International Airport 3.3 km
- Sibert 3.6 km
- Former airport (Aeroport de Chancerelles) 3.7 km
- IPS 5.6 km
- Airport Industrial Park 6 km
- Santo 6.8 km
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