Key facts
- Country
- Haiti
- Department
- Sud
- Commune
- Les Cayes
- Total
- 219.11 km (84.60 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 692.33/km (1,793.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Postal code
- HT 8110
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Haiti
- Located in
- Les Cayes Arrondissement
- Population
- 151696
- Area
- 219.11
- Elevation
- 0
- Capital of
- Sud
- Image
- Cathedral Les Cayes Haiti.jpg
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- Commons category
- Les Cayes
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Les Cayes
- topic's main category
- Category:Les Cayes
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Les Cayes
- P8168
- Villa Basilica
- P12749
- Vittore Carpaccio
- postal code
- HT 8110
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Les Cayes (/leɪ ˈkeɪ, leɪ ˈkaɪ/ lay K(A)Y, French: [le kaj]), often referred to as Aux Cayes (French: [o kaj]; Haitian Creole: Okay), is a commune and seaport in the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti, with a population of 151,696. Due to its isolation from the political turmoil of the capital, Port-au-Prince, it is one of Haiti's major ports, with export trade concentrating on mostly coffee and sugarcane. As the world's largest supplier of vetiver, it exports 250 tons annually of this ingredient of perfume and fragrance manufacturing. Minor exports include bananas and timber.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Les Cayes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.