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Ranquitte

Coordinates:19°25′0″N72°5′0″W/ 19.41667°N 72.08333°W/19.41667; -72.08333
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Ranquitte
Rankit
Ranquitte is located in Haiti
Ranquitte
Ranquitte
Location in Haiti
Coordinates:19°25′0″N72°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(French pronunciation:[ʁɑ̃kit];Haitian Creole:Rankit) is acommunein theSaint-Raphaël Arrondissement,in theNorddepartmentofHaiti.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 ofHindman, KY.There is also a Health Clinic on campus there. Both the school and clinic are overseen by a Haitian staff and maintained byChristian Flights International,a non-profit missionary organization that has been sending trips into this area for over 40 years.

References[edit]

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