Marigot
Marigo
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Coordinates: 18°14′0″N 72°19′0″W / 18.23333°N 72.31667°W / 18.23333; -72.31667 | |
Country | Haiti |
Department | Sud-Est |
Arrondissement | Jacmel |
Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
Population
(7 August 2003)[1]
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• Total | 50,734 |
Marigot (Haitian Creole: Marigo) is a commune in the Jacmel Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est departmentofHaiti. It has 50,739 inhabitants.
In early 1793, during the Haitian Revolution, Marigot's black inhabitants rebelled and built a fort in the city.[2] Abbé Aubert, a white priest and leader of the rebellion in the area, also commandeered Marigot's cannons and contributed them to Romaine-la-Prophétesse's slave uprising around and siege of Jacmel.[3]
The Haitian writer Emile Célestin-Mégie [fr] was born in Marigot.[4]
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