Passé Reine - Haiti Observer Blog

Passe Reine situates itself within Artibonite Department. It is a rural area that produces rice as its main crop. One of the resources of Passé Reine is Artibonite River, a vital water resource on Hispaniola.

Passe Reine is surrounded by metro, suburb, and rural areas that lie within a three-mile radius. Larger metro areas are further out. The town has a medical facility, the Haiti Albert Schweitzer Hospital.

Five arrondissements comprise Artibonite Department: Dessalines, Gonaives, Gros-Morne, Marmalade, and Saint-Marc.

Passe Reine Rebounds from Economic Slump

Passe Reine sits within Artibonite Department, an area producing rice as its main crop. It contains the Artibonite River, home of the Peligre Hydroelectrical Dam.

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Passe Reine is a town, which situates itself within Artibonite Department, the biggest department in Haiti. It is a rural area that produces rice as its main crop. One of the important resources of Passe Reine and the whole of Artibonite Department is the Artibonite River, the longest and most vital water resource on Hispaniola. It functions as an international boundary line between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Artibonite River is home to the Peligre Hydroelectrical Dam, which generates Hispaniola's hydroelectrical supply. An important source of drinking water, it became dangerous to use the water for that purpose when a cholera epidemic broke out in Hait after the 2010 earthquake.

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Passé Reine is a town, which situates itself within Artibonite Department, the biggest department in Haiti. It is a rural area that produces rice as its main crop. One of the important resources of Passé Reine and the whole of Artibonite Department is the Artibonite River, the longest and most vital water resource on Hispaniola. It functions as an international boundary line between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Artibonite River is home to the Peligre Hydroelectrical Dam, which generates Hispaniola's hydroelectrical supply. An important source of drinking water, it became dangerous to use the water for that purpose when a cholera epidemic broke out in Hait after the 2010 earthquake.

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