Jacmel (French pronunciation:[ʒakmɛl]; Haitian Creole: Jakmèl) is a commune in southern Haiti founded by the Spanish in 1504[2] and repopulated by the French in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince across the Tiburon Peninsula, and has an estimated population of 40,000, while the commune of Jacmel had a population of 137,966 at the 2003 Census. The town's name is derived from its indigenous Taíno name of Yaquimel. In 1925, Jacmel was dubbed as the "City of Light," becoming the first in the Caribbean to have electricity.[3]
The city is known for its well-preserved Gingerbread houses built in the early 19th century.[4] The town has been tentatively accepted as a World Heritage Site. It sustained damage in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[5]
Jacmel is home to the country's leading film school, the Ciné Institute.[6]
^"Population of Cities in Haiti (2019)". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
^Carl Ortwin Sauer (2008). The Early Spanish Main. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-521-08059-0.
^Leeder, Jessica (2012). "Lighting the way forward in Haiti". The Global and Mail.
Jacmel (French pronunciation: [ʒakmɛl]; Haitian Creole: Jakmèl) is a commune in southern Haiti founded by the Spanish in 1504 and repopulated by the French...
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from the disaster. The earthquake caused major damage in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel and other cities in the region. Notable landmark buildings were significantly...
72.536°W / 18.235; -72.536 The Jacmel Film Festival is a Haitian festival celebrated in the seaside city of Jacmel, Haiti. It is an annual ceremony...
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arrived after the war. Initially most Poles settled in Cazale, La Vallée-de-Jacmel, Fond-des-Blancs, La Baleine, Port-Salut and Saint-Jean-du-Sud, where they...
Anolis marron, the Jacmel gracile anole or Jacmel anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Haiti. Hedges, S.B.;...
alone. 1915 12 August: cyclone on the southern peninsula, which devastated Jacmel and Jérémie. 1935 21 October: hurricane in Sud and Sud-Est départements...
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bilan des victimes lors de la tentative d'évasion à la prison civile de Jacmel dans la nuit du 5 mars 2024. L' information a été confirmée par le directeur...
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license. "Historic Center of Jacmel". UNESCO World Heritage Centre (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-08....
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1988 novel by Haitian author René Depestre. It is his second novel. Set in Jacmel, Haiti, and spanning a period of 40 years, the book tells the story of a...
water and other humanitarian aid items are lined up in a staging area just off the tarmac of Aérodrome de Jacmel, an airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti...
Port-au-Prince, with smaller celebrations taking part simultaneously in Jacmel, Aux Cayes, and other locations in Haiti . The annual carnival celebrations...
15,000. Early in November, Christophe led one wing of the army against Jacmel, and Dessalines led another one to recapture Grand and Petit Goâve. No small...
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