Camp-Perrin

Camp-Perrin
Kanperen
Commune
Camp-Perrin

Location in Haiti

Coordinates: 18°19′0″N 73°52′0″W / 18.31667°N 73.86667°W / 18.31667; -73.86667Coordinates: 18°19′0″N 73°52′0″W / 18.31667°N 73.86667°W / 18.31667; -73.86667
Country Haiti
Department Sud
Arrondissement Les Cayes
Mayor Indry Vital
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2009)[1]
 • Total 40,962

Camp-Perrin (Haitian Creole: Kanperen) is a commune in the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud Department of Haiti. It has 40,962 inhabitants.

History

The city of Camp-Perrin was created during the eighteenth century when three Frenchmen (Colon de France), the Perrin brothers, arrived with the goal of studying the possibilities of culture of coffee, cotton and indigo, as well as the exploitation of the wood of dye as the wood of campêche in Haiti. They built a camp up the hill; thus the names of the two town districts are Bas-Camp and Haut-Camp (above and below the camp).

Administration

The town is sub-divided in three counties known as :

Notable natives and residents

Radio et télécommunications

The City of Camp-Perrin has one commercial TV station known as TELE LA BRISE www.telelabrise.com - CH-7télévision Radio Télé La Brise www.labrisefm.com - Télé-7 and 5 stations de radio transmitting in the FM Band:

Most of the Radio stations broadcasting from Les Cayes Ville des Cayes can also be heard in Camp-Perrin: They are Radio Macaya, Radio Nami Inter, Radio Lumière, Radio Ginen. On the side of Télé La Brise, the following TV station, TNH, TMS have a partial coverage in Camp-Perrin.

Economy

The main resource of the population is the Trade of local product such as cacao, des feuilles de tilleuls, des bananas, Coffee, Cayan peper, Vegetables and sugar cane.

References

  1. ↑ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
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