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Anse à Galets

Anse-à-Galets
  • Ansagalèt
Commune
Skyline of Anse-à-Galets
Anse-à-Galets is located in Haiti
Anse-à-Galets
Anse-à-Galets
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°50′0″N 72°52′0″W / 18.83333°N 72.86667°W / 18.83333; -72.86667Coordinates: 18°50′0″N 72°52′0″W / 18.83333°N 72.86667°W / 18.83333; -72.86667
Country Haiti
Department Ouest
Arrondissement La Gonâve
Area
 • Total 372.01 km2 (143.63 sq mi)
Elevation 16 m (52 ft)
Population (March, 2015)
 • Total 62,559
 • Density 168/km2 (440/sq mi)

Anse-à-Galets (Haitian Creole: Ansagalèt) is a commune and city in the La Gonâve Arrondissement, in the Ouest department on Gonâve Island in Haiti, located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest commune on the island and has 62,559 inhabitants.

The current mayor of the city of Anse-a-Galets is Ernso Louissaint.

The commune is served by Anse-à-Galets Airport and a public wharf. The public wharf has daily ferry traffic to the Haitian mainland at the Carries Ferry terminal.



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