Bainet
Bainet (Haitian Creole: Benè) is a commune in the Bainet Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. It has 62,300 inhabitants.
Bainet Benè | |
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  Bainet Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates: 18°11′0″N 72°45′0″W | |
| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Sud-Est |
| Arrondissement | Bainet |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (7 August 2003)[1] | |
| • Total | 62,300 |
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.[2]
The Haitian artist and photographer Gérald Bloncourt was born in Bainet.[3]
References
- Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
- 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.
- Eleanor Ingalls Christensen, The Art of Haiti (1975), page 64
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