Camp-Perrin

Commune in Sud, Haiti
Camp-Perrin
Kanperen
18°19′0″N 73°52′0″W / 18.31667°N 73.86667°W / 18.31667; -73.86667
CountryHaiti
DepartmentSud
ArrondissementLes Cayes
MayorMacius, Fenicile
Elevation
246 m (807 ft)
Population
 (2009)[1]
 • Total46,000

Camp-Perrin (Haitian Creole: Kanperen) is a commune in the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. It has 40,962 inhabitants.

History

The city of Camp-Perrin was created during the eighteenth century when three Frenchmen (Colon de France), the Perrin brothers, arrived with the goal of studying the possibilities of culture of coffee, cotton and indigo, as well as the exploitation of the wood of dye as the wood of campêche in Haiti. They built a camp up the hill; thus the names of the two town districts are Bas-Camp and Haut-Camp (above and below the camp).

Administration

The town is sub-divided in three counties known as:

  • Champlois - Marceline as the second section
  • Lévy - Mersan - As the first section
  • Tibi - Davezac - As the third section

Radio and telecommunications

The City of Camp-Perrin has one commercial TV station known as Tele La Brise broadcasting on television CH-28 (Canal-28)[2] and five radio stations transmitting on the FM band:

  • La Brise FM FM 104.9,[3] (slogan : Le ROI FM, broadcast his contents from Champlois, Camp-Perrin. With an ERP of 6.0 kW, it is known as the radio with the most coverage in the area extending its coverage to the vicinity of the Sud-Est, Nippes and Grand'Anse Departments. Radio Platinum has also a significant power thus among the three most powerful radio station in Les Cayes Vicinity with Radio Macaya and Radio Tele 6 Univers
  • La Brise FM[4] - 104.9 MHz 1000 watts (ERP: 6.0 kW)
  • Tele La Brise[5] - Channel 28 - 1000 watts (ERP: 10.0 kW)[6]
  • Radio Platinum - 88.9 MHz (ERP: 500 watts)

Most of the radio stations broadcasting from la Ville des Cayes can also be heard in Camp-Perrin: They are Radio Tele 6 Univers, Radio Macaya, Radio Nami Inter, Radio Lumière, Radio Ginen. On the side of Télé La Brise, the following TV station, TNH, TMS, Tele 6 Univers have a partial coverage in Camp-Perrin.

Economy

The main resource of the population is the trade of local product such as cacao, yuka, sweet potatoes, beans, corn, oranges, des feuilles de tilleuls, bananas, coffee, cayenne pepper and sugarcane.

References

  1. ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. ^ www.labrisefm.com
  3. ^ La Brise FM FM 104.9
  4. ^ Radio LA BRISE FM
  5. ^ TELE LA BRISE
  6. ^ www.telelabrise.com
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