Cité Soleil | city, slum, commune - administrative division

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
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cité_Soleil
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Coordinates:   18°35'35"N   72°19'11"W

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