Bainet
Benè
Commune
Bainet is located in Haiti
Bainet
Bainet
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°11′0″N 72°45′0″W / 18.18333°N 72.75000°W / 18.18333; -72.75000
CountryHaiti
DepartmentSud-Est
ArrondissementBainet
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (7 August 2003)[1]
 • Total62,300

Bainet (Haitian Creole: Benè) is a commune in the Bainet Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. It has 62,300 inhabitants as of 2003.[2]

History

In late 1791 and early 1792, during the early Haitian Revolution, slaves in Bainet rebelled as part of the Trou Coffy uprising led by Romaine-la-Prophétesse.[3]

The commune's administrative offices were destroyed as a result of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. As a result, from 2010 to 2016, city officials worked in prefabricated premises funded by the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). MINUSTAH ultimately funded the creation of a new town hall, which was inaugurated in October 2016.[4]

Notable people

The Haitian artist and photographer Gérald Bloncourt was born in Bainet.[5]

References

  1. ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  3. ^ Rey, Terry (2017). The Priest and the Prophetess: Abbé Ouvière, Romaine Rivière, and the Revolutionary Atlantic World. Oxford University Press. pp. 36, 55. ISBN 978-0190625849.
  4. ^ "Haiti - Reconstruction : New town hall in Bainet". Haiti Libre. 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  5. ^ Eleanor Ingalls Christensen, The Art of Haiti (1975), page 64


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