Ranquitte
Rankit
Ranquitte is located in Haiti
Ranquitte
Ranquitte
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 19°25′0″N 72°5′0″W / 19.41667°N 72.08333°W / 19.41667; -72.08333
CountryHaiti
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementSaint-Raphaël
Elevation
512 m (1,680 ft)
Population
 (7 August 2003)[1]
  Total18,197

Ranquitte (Haitian Creole: Rankit) is a commune in the Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti. It has 18,197 inhabitants.

The school in Ranquitte is the Spady-Calhoun school named partly in honor of one of its benefactors, Dr. Steven Spady of Hindman, KY. There is also a Health Clinic on campus there. Both the school and clinic are overseen by a Haitian staff and maintained by Christian Flights International , a non-profit missionary organization that has been sending trips into this area for over 40 years.

References

  1. Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)


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