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ژاکمل
Sign in to saveJacmel (; ) is a commune in southern Haiti previously founded by the Spanish in 1504 before the relocation of dominicans to the eastern side of the island after the Devastation of Osorio and repopulated by the French in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince across the Tiburon Peninsula, and had a population of 221,965 at the 2024 Census. The town's name is derived from its indigenous Taíno name of Yaquimel. In 1925, Jacmel was dubbed as the "City of Light," becoming the first in the Caribbean to have electricity.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jacmel
- Settlement.other_name
- Yaquimel (Arawakan Name)
- Settlement.nicknames
- Culture Capital, City of Artists
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.motto
- Sursum Corda
- Settlement.image_skyline
- JacmelView.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.flag_size
- 80
- Settlement.shield_size
- 80
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Haiti
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Haiti
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Haiti
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sud-Est
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Commune
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Haiti
- Country
- Haiti
- Located in
- Jacmel Arrondissement
- Population
- 221965
- Area
- 443.88
- Elevation
- 43
- Capital of
- Sud-Est
- Founded by
- Nicolás de Ovando
- Image
- JacmelView.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jacmel
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jacmel
- category for people born here
- Q20747027
- topic's main category
- Category:Jacmel
- inception
- 1698-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Gainesville
- P8168
- Angry Birds
- member of
- Creative Cities Network
- postal code
- HT 9110
Sources (7)
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On the map
3 mapped locations