Cap-Haïtien (Okap or Kapayisyen in Kréyòl) could be a town of concerning a hundred ninety,000 folks on the north coast of Haiti and capital of the Department of Nord. Previously, named as Cap-Français, Cap-Henri, and lupus erythematosus Caps, it had been a vital town throughout the colonial amount, serving because the capital of the French Colony of Saint-Domingue from the city`s formal foundation in 1711 till 1770 once the capital was enraptured to national capital, and was conjointly the primary capital of the dominion of Northern Haiti beneath King Henri Christophe. One among the primary Spanish cities on Hayti, Puerto Real, was supported close to here in 1503; abandoned in 1578, its ruins were discovered in 1975.
Cap-Haïtien is that the town of the historic Haïtian city of Milot, that lies twelve miles to the southwest on a gravel road. Milot was Haïti’s initial web site capital beneath the self-proclaimed King Henri Christophe, UN agency ascended to power in 1807, 3 years once Haïti had gained independence from France, renaming town as Cap-Henri. As a result, Milot hosts the ruins of the Sans-Souci Palace, destroyed by the 1842 earthquake, additionally because the Citadelle Laferrière, a vast stone defense covered cannons. The Citadelle is found 5 miles from Milot, atop a close-by mountain. On clear days, its silhouette is visible from Cap-Haïtien.
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