Bombardopolis

Bombardopolis (; ) is a commune located in the hilly country of the Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti.

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Settlement.official_name: Bombardopolis
Settlement.native_name: Bonbadopolis
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune
Settlement.pushpin_map: Haiti
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Haiti
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Haiti
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Arrondissement
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Nord-Ouest
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Môle-Saint-Nicolas
Settlement.area_total_km2: 196.51
Settlement.elevation_m: 416
Settlement.population_total: 36,028
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015
Settlement.population_density_km2: 183
Settlement.population_note: est. adult population only

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Bombardopolis (; ) is a commune located in the hilly country of the Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti.

== History == thumb|left|Bombardopolis, 1791 Bombardopolis was founded in 1764 by German settlers with the support of the nearby Director of Môle, Mr. Fusée Aublet. A population of French Acadians who had been living in Louisiana and Germans from French Guiana had arrived in Môle-Saint-Nicolas. The local government wished to separate those of German ancestry from the Acadians, judging the two cultures could not happily coexist. The new community was named after Fusée Aublet's German benefactor, Pierre-Paul Bombarda, a wealthy financier and amateur naturalist, son of Gio Paolo Bombarda.

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