Jérémie
Jérémie
Jeremi | |
|---|---|
Jérémie (2007) | |
| Nickname: La Cité des Poètes The City of Poets | |
Interactive map of Jérémie | |
Jérémie Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates: 18°39′0″N 74°7′0″W / 18.65000°N 74.11667°W | |
| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Grand'Anse |
| Arrondissement | Jérémie |
| Founded | 1756 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ronald Étienne |
| Area | |
• Total | 164.95 sq mi (427.22 km2) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 134,317 |
| • Density | 814.29/sq mi (314.40/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code | HT 7110 |
Jérémie (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁemi] ⓘ; Haitian Creole: Jeremi) is a commune and capital city of the Grand'Anse department in Haiti. It had a population of about 134,317 at the 2015 census. It is relatively isolated from the rest of the country. The Grande-Anse River flows near the city.
Jérémie is called the city of the poets because of the numerous writers, poets, and historians born there.