Les Cayemites

Cayemites
Native name: Les Cayemites
	Cayemite Islands
	Cayemites Cayemites, Haiti
Geography
Location	Gulf of Gonâve
Area	45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Administration
	Haiti
Department	Grand'Anse
Largest settlement	Anse â Macon
Demographics
Population	5,022 (2009 Estimation)

The Cayemites are a pair of islands located in the Gulf of Gonâve off the coast of southwest Haiti. The two islands, known individually as Grande Cayemite and Petite Cayemite, are a combined 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi) in area.^[1] Petite Cayemite lies just west of the larger island, Grande Cayemite. The islands are approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of the city of Jérémie and are in the administrative department of Grand'Anse.

References

↑ Patricia Schutt-Ainé; Staff of Librairie Au Service de la Culture (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture. p. 20. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0.

18°37′0″N 73°45′0″W / 18.61667°N 73.75000°W / 18.61667; -73.75000

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[1] Patricia Schutt-Ainé; Staff of Librairie Au Service de la Culture (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture. p. 20. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0.

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