Les Cayes

Les Cayes
/lay kay"/; Fr. /lay kann"yeu/
a seaport on the SW coast of Haiti. 14,000. Also called Cayes. Formerly, Aux Cayes.

* * *

Haiti
also called  Cayes  or  Aux Cayes 

      town, southwestern Haiti, on the southern Caribbean shore of the southern peninsula. Founded in 1786, it was plagued by disease and pirates during colonial times. In 1815 the South American liberator Simón Bolívar (Bolívar, Simón) visited the port to accept Haitian arms and a contingent of troops to aid him in his fight against Spain. The town was badly damaged by fire in 1908 and by hurricane in 1954. Les Cayes was the scene of a massacre in December 1929 when U.S. marines killed a dozen peasants protesting poor economic conditions under U.S. occupation. Les Cayes is Haiti's leading southern port, exporting sugar, coffee, bananas, cotton, timber, dyewood, and hides. Historic landmarks include an arsenal and several forts dating from buccaneer times. Poor roads led to the town's isolation for much of the 20th century, but a paved highway now links it to the national capital, Port-au-Prince. Pop. (2003 prelim.) 48,095.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Les Cayes — (ville) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cayes (homonymie). Les Cayes (ville) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Les Cayes — …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Les Cayes —   [lɛ kɛi̯], Aux Cayes [o kaj], Dép. Hauptstadt an der Südküste von Haiti, viertgrößte Stadt des Landes, 45 900 Einwohner; Bischofssitz; Zuckerfabrik, Rumherstellung; Hafen (Kaffee Export) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Les Cayes — Infobox Settlement name = Les Cayes official name = other name = Aux Cayes native name = ht. Okay nickname = settlement type = total type = motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank …   Wikipedia

  • Les Cayes — Original name in latin Les Cayes Name in other language Aux Cayes, CYA, Cayes, Les Cayes, Ville des Cayes State code HT Continent/City America/Port au Prince longitude 18.2 latitude 73.75 altitude 9 Population 125799 Date 2012 01 16 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Les Cayes — Catedral en Les Cayes. Les Cayes (en criollo, Okay) es una comuna de Haití, ubicada en el departamento y el distrito Sur de Les Cayes, siendo así su ciudad principal y capital. Según el censo de 2003, su población total es de 45.904 habitantes …   Wikipedia Español

  • Les Cayes Arrondissement — Les Cayes (Creole: Okay ) is an arrondissement in the Sud Department of Haiti.It has 272,100 inhabitants [ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d Informatique (IHSI), date|7 August 2003.] .Postal codes in the Les Cayes Arrondissement start with the …   Wikipedia

  • Les Cayes (ville) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cayes (homonymie). Les Cayes C …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Les Cayes (arrondissement) — Arrondissement des Cayes Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cayes (homonymie). L’arrondissement des Cayes est un arrondissement du département Sud d Haïti. Il a été créé autour de la ville des Cayes, qui est aujourd hui son chef lieu. Il était… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Les Cayes Airport — Infobox Airport name = Les Cayes Airport nativename = nativename a = nativename r = image width = caption = IATA = CYA ICAO = MTCA type = Public owner = operator = Autorité Aeroportuaire Nationale city served = Les Cayes location = elevation f =… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”