Port-de-Paix

Port-de-Paix is a coastal city in northwestern Haiti and capital of the Nord-Ouest department. Its harbor opens onto the Atlantic coast.

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Nord-Ouest Department: Nord-Ouest is a department in northwestern Haiti, with Port-de-Paix as its capital. The department’s administrative center is located in Port-de-Paix.
Spanish colonization of Hispaniola: Spanish colonization established European rule and settlements on Hispaniola beginning in the late fifteenth century. Port-de-Paix arose within a region shaped by successive European colonial claims.
Port: A port is a coastal location where vessels load, unload, shelter, or transfer people and goods. Port-de-Paix’s harbor gives the city a maritime transport function.
Saint-Louis-du-Nord: Saint-Louis-du-Nord is a commune and coastal settlement in Haiti’s Nord-Ouest department. It is a neighboring coastal community within the department governed from Port-de-Paix.
Haiti: Haiti is a Caribbean country occupying the western part of the island of Hispaniola. Port-de-Paix is one of Haiti’s northern coastal cities.
French colonization of Saint-Domingue: French colonization transformed the western part of Hispaniola into the colony of Saint-Domingue. The city developed within the French colony that preceded independent Haiti.
Coastal shipping: Coastal shipping transports passengers or freight between ports along a coastline. Sea routes link Port-de-Paix with settlements along Haiti’s coast and nearby islands.
Anse-à-Foleur: Anse-à-Foleur is a commune on Haiti’s northwestern coast in the Nord-Ouest department. It offers a nearby example of settlement along the same rugged coastline.
Tortuga Island: Tortuga Island is a Caribbean island off Haiti’s northwestern coast. The island lies offshore from Port-de-Paix and shares the region’s maritime history.
Saint-Domingue: Saint-Domingue was France’s colony on the western portion of Hispaniola before Haitian independence. Port-de-Paix was a settlement in the colonial territory that became Haiti.