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Grand-Riviere-du-Nord is part of Haiti's Nord Department. Several notable facts distinguish Grand Rivière from other places in Haiti:

• It is one of few on the island that harbors many centenarians.
• The Haitian Rebellion began there courtesy of a Voodoo invocation.
• It has produced more presidents than elsewhere on the island.
• It has been a breeding ground for intelligentsia, in particular, Negritude Movement founder, Jean Price Mars.
• It has a private school rivaling elite European schools.
• It contains untouched forestlands.
• It delivers mountain-spring drinking water.

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