Fort-Liberté

Also known as Fort-Liberte

Fort-Liberté (; ) is a commune and the administrative capital of the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It is one of the oldest cities in the country. Haiti's independence was proclaimed there on November 29, 1803.

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Settlement.official_name: Fort-Liberté
Settlement.other_name: Bayaha Fort-Dauphin Fort Saint-Joseph Fort Castries Fort-Royal
Settlement.native_name: Fòlibète
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune
Settlement.image_skyline: Fort Saint Joseph - Fort Liberte (Looking South).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: A view from the north of Fort-Liberté
Settlement.map_caption: I
Settlement.pushpin_map: Haiti
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Haiti
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Haiti
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Nord-Est
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Arrondissement
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Fort-Liberté

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Instance of: commune of Haiti
Country: Haiti
Located in: Fort-Liberté Arrondissement
Population: 30110
Area: 240.28
Elevation: 0
Body of water: Caribbean Sea
Capital of: Nord-Est
Image: Fort Saint Joseph - Fort Liberte (Looking South).jpg

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Demographics
Geography
Fort-Liberté Bay
Fresh water resource
Climate
History
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Economy
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The area around Fort-Liberté was originally inhabited by Indigenous peoples of the Americas, and later by Spanish colonists, who founded the city of Bayaja in 1578, but abandoned it in 1605. The site was reoccupied by the French in 1732 as Fort-Dauphin; it was captured by Spanish forces in 1794, restored to the French in 1801 and then surrendered to the British on 8 September 1803, shortly before the declaration of independence. The city has undergone a succession of name changes: Bayaja (1578), Fort-Dauphin (1732), Fort St. Joseph (1804), Fort-Royal (1811) and finally Fort-Liberté (1820). The town is the see city of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté.

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