Roche-à-Bateaux

Roche-à-Bateaux (; ) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2015, the commune had 18,394 residents.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Roche-à-Bateau
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Haiti
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Haiti
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Haiti
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sud
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Arrondissement
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Côteaux

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Roche-à-Bateaux (; ) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2015, the commune had 18,394 residents.

==History== Roche-à-Bateaux was hit by a category 4 tropical storm in 2016, Hurricane Matthew directly passed over the Sud department of Haiti over the course of 36 minutes. 50 people were killed as a result of the 9.8ft (3m) storm surge which hit the coastal town, strong winds of 145mph also destroyed 62% of homes in the municipality.