Roche-à-Bateaux

Roche-à-Bateau Sud Haiti

*Wòchabato*
Roche-à-Bateau Sud Haiti Wòchabato
Commune
	Roche-à-Bateau Sud Haiti Location in Haiti
	Coordinates: 18°11′0″N 74°0′0″W / 18.18333°N 74.00000°W
Country	Haiti
Department	Sud
Arrondissement	Côteaux
Elevation	97 m (318 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	16,727

Roche-à-Bateaux (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃ a bato]; Haitian Creole: Wòchabato) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2009, the municipality had 16,727 residents.

Settlements

References

^ "IHSI" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

History

Roche-à-Bateaux was hit by a category 4 tropical storm in 2016, Hurricane Matthew^[1] directly passed over the Sud department of Haiti over the course of 36 minutes. 50 people were killed as a result of the 9.8ft (3m) storm surge^[2] which hit the coastal town, strong winds of 145mph also destroyed 62% of homes in the municipality.

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^ "Hurricane Matthew: Haiti south '90% destroyed'". BBC News. 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
^ "Storm Surge Overview". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-21.

[1] "IHSI" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

[2] "Hurricane Matthew: Haiti south '90% destroyed'". BBC News. 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2022-05-21.

[3] "Storm Surge Overview". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-21.

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