Fort-Liberté

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Fort-Liberté (Kreyòl: Fòlibète) is the administrative centre of the Nord-Est Department, Haiti. It is located around coord|19|40|4|N|71|50|23|W. It is also the chief city of an arrondissement of the same name.Fort-Liberté, one of the oldest cities in the country, was founded in 1578. The French-designed town faces a bay where one can reach many forts by boat, the most famous being Fort-Dauphin, which was built in 1732.

The city was once called Bayaha by the Indians and the Spanish; the French called it Fort-Dauphin until their expulsion in 1804, upon which the city gained its present name.

After Henri Christophe proclaimed himself King Henri I of Haiti in 1811, he renamed the city Fort-Royal; after his death in 1820 it became Fort-Liberté again.

In September of 1892 José Martí, a leader of the Cuban independence movement and a national hero, visited Le Cap, Gonaïves and Fort Liberté on his way to join the war for Cuban independence.

ee also

*Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté

External links

* The Louverture Project: [http://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=Fort_Liberté Fort Liberté]