Aquin

Aquin (Haitian Creole: Aken) is a commune in the Aquin Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. It is a port on the south coast of the Tiburon Peninsula. It had 104,216 inhabitants in 2015,[1] up from 1,799 in 1950.[3]

This article is about the Haitian commune. For the medieval chanson de geste, see Aiquin.
For other uses, see Aquin (disambiguation).
Aquin

  • Aken
Commune
Aquin
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°17′0″N 73°24′0″W
CountryHaiti
DepartmentSud
ArrondissementAquin
Area
 • Total638.59 km2 (246.56 sq mi)
Population
 (March, 2015)[1]
 • Total104,216
 • Density163/km2 (420/sq mi)
Sister cities

Settlements

References
  1. "Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. Cox-Henry, Joanie, ed. (19 May 2016). "Aquin, Haiti becomes sister city to Delray Beach". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer, p. 86


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