Gulf of GonÃ¢ve

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Gulf of Gonâve is a large gulf along the western coast of Haiti

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Gulf of Gonâve is a large gulf along the western coast of Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Haitian Creole language- and French language-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic, it occupies the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago....
, at . Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince is the Capital and largest List of cities in Haiti of Haiti. Growth, especially in crowded slums in nearby plains and hillsides, has raised the population of the Port-au-Prince area to between 2.5 and 3 million....
, is located on the coast of the gulf. Other cities on the gulf coast include Gonaïves

Gonaïves

Gona?ves is a city in northern Haiti, the capital of the Artibonite Department. It has a population of about 104,825 people . The city's name derives from the original Amerindian name of Gonaibo....
, Saint-Marc

Saint-Marc

Saint-Marc is a coastal port town in western Haiti in the Artibonite Department. Its geographic coordinates are .The port of Saint-Marc is currently the preferred port of entry for consumer goods coming into Haiti....
, Miragoâne

Miragoane

Mirago?ne is a coastal town in western Ha?ti, in Nippes Department. It is regarded as one of the major ports in the trade in used goods. Bales of used clothing, shoes, appliances and used cars arrive at the port from Miami and other U.S....
, and Jérémie

Jérémie

J?r?mie is the capital city of the department of Grand'Anse, Haiti, in Haiti, with a population of about 31,000 . It is almost isolated from the rest of the country....
. Several islands are located in the gulf, the largest being Gonâve Island

Gonâve Island

Gon?ve Island is an island of Haiti located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gon?ve. It is the largest of the islands in terms of size located off the Hispaniola mainland....
, followed by the much smaller Cayemites

Cayemites

The Cayemites are a pair of islands located in the Gulf of Gon?ve off the coast of southwest Haiti. The two islands, known individually as Grande Cayemite and Petite Cayemite, are a combined in area....
.