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Pérodin lies within Artibonite Department, an area with many waterbodies including the Seche, Bristol, and Potemot Ravines. One noteworthy feature is Morne Decide ridge.

Two major airports are nearby: Port-au-Prince International and Cap Haitien Airports.

St. Elizabeth de Hongrie is Pérodin's Catholic Church, in Gonaives Diocese. It has a congregation of 16,000 faithful, and runs a school with 325 students.

Cities near to Pérodin include Hinche, Mirebalais, Saint-Marc, Montrouis, and Port-au-Prince. It is near Sylvio Cator Stadium, site of international sports events.

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Passé Reine sits within Artibonite Department, an area producing rice as its main crop. It contains the Artibonite River, home of the Peligre Hydroelectrical Dam.

It is surrounded by 20 metro and rural areas lying within a three-mile radius, and has a medical facility, Albert Schweitzer Hospital.

Passé Reine has suffered uprisings, most recently in 2004. Artibonite tried to break away from the rest of Haiti, but failed. As such, it tolerated economic decline, until President Préval took office.

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Passé Reine situates itself within Artibonite Department. It is a rural area that produces rice as its main crop. One of the resources of Passé Reine is Artibonite River, a vital water resource on Hispaniola.

Passé Reine is surrounded by metro, suburb, and rural areas that lie within a three-mile radius. Larger metro areas are further out. The town has a medical facility, the Haiti Albert Schweitzer Hospital.

Five arrondissements comprise Artibonite Department: Dessalines, Gonaives, Gros-Morne, Marmalade, and Saint-Marc.

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According to information provided by sentinel.ht, artist, O-Gun was shot in the face. The incident took place on Wednesday night (January29, 2014)as he was returning home from his studio.

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Here is ea picture of a plane that made an emergency landing near the city of Cabaret. This incident took place in January, 2014.

According to Haitian Police inspector Joachin Antoine, the pilot of the airplane, Practor Antoine, received some injuries and was treated at a local hospital. No other injuries or death were reported

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In Haiti's South Department lies the beauty of Port-Salut. The town was the birth place of former President, Aristide, and Prime Minister, Cherestal.

World Tourist Development has ignored the potential of Port-Salut to offer more than silver-sand beaches. It needs eco-tourists to discover its flora- and fauna-proliferated terrain.

Now that the Diaspora has been awakened to Port-Salut's potential as a tourist magnet, it is the government's obligation to help Port-Salut increase its tourism.

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Port-à-Piment is part of the Côteaux Arrondissement. It was an unincorporated area, first known as Prickly in 1700. Two communes of 36,000 residents comprise Port-à-Piment, Paricot and Broomsticks.

Port-à-Piment has eight elementary schools, a high school, and two universities. Healthcare services are provided by a medical facility of three physicians, two nurses, five medical assistants and a lab worker.

Port-à-Piment's Millennium Village is a research center, funded for $150,798. It will target a spectrum of Port-à-Piment sectors: health, education, sanitation, agriculture, and disaster risk monitoring.

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Port-de-Paix is the Northwest Department capital, made up of four districts: Port-de-Paix, Bassin Bleu, Chansolme, and Tortuga Island. It is a rich agricultural area, growing coffee, bananas, tobacco, rice, and cacao. Because the city is accessible to the U.S. via the Atlantic, smuggling thrives in Port-de-Paix.

Port-de-Paix is served by many airlines. They offer flights from Port-de-Paix Airport to international airports, located in Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitien. A ferry carries tourists between the beautiful beaches of Port-de-Paix and Tortuga Island.

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The Martelly government inaugurated the Association of Tourist Taxi Drivers Support Program in December. The program will improve taxi service at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport.

$2 million provided by Haiti's Central Bank and National Bank of Credit will allow purchase of 100 taxis. Drivers belonging to the Drivers Guide Association of Haiti and the Independent Drivers for Development Association will now have the capacity to meet the demands of Haiti's tourism industry with new vehicles and training.

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The National Police of Haiti (NPH) has graduated its first class of cadets, 1,058; 111 of them female.

The long-term goal of Development Plan 2012-2016 NPH is to have 15,000 police on the streets in Haiti by 2016. In order to achieve this, the NPH Academy must graduate 1,000 police cadets each year.

Present at the ceremony to congratulate the 24th Promotion Class were President Martelly, Parliament leaders, government ministers, and NPH senior officers.

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