Île à Vache
Sign in to saveÎle-à-Vache, (French, , also expressed Île-à-Vaches, former Spanish name Isla Vaca; both translate to Cow Island; ) is a Caribbean island, one of Haiti's satellite islands. It lies in the Baie de Cayes about off the coast of the country's southwest peninsula, roughly between the town of Les Cayes and Pointe l'Abacou. It was formerly known by the name of Abacca. Administratively, it became a commune in 1976 as part of the Les Cayes Arrondissement in the Sud department.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Île-à-Vache
- Settlement.native_name
- Lilavach
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ht
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Island
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Île à Vache Haiti.png
- Settlement.imagesize
- 240px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Île-à-Vache and the coast of southwestern Haiti
- Settlement.map_caption
- Île à Vache (Haiti)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Haiti#Caribbean
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sud
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 51.79
- Settlement.population_total
- 15,000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 288.46
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Demographics
- History
- Henry Morgan
- Bernard Kock
- Current events
- Île-à-Vache Initiative
- References
- External links
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