Croix-des-Bouquets
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  Croix-des-Bouquets
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| Country |  Haiti |
| Department | Ouest |
Croix-des-Bouquets is a city in the Ouest Department of Haiti. It is located 12.9 kilometers (8 miles) to the northeast of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince.
[edit] Culture
Croix-des-Bouquets is a Northern Suburb in the Port-Au-Prince Metropolitan area. Haiti is world famous for it's exuberant art, richly influenced by nature, history and religion, both Christian and Vodou. The entire village of Croix des Bouquets is a good example of Haitian creativity - it resonates with the sounds of clanging and banging of the mallets and chisels in the process of transforming raw metal into stunning, and often haunting, iron sculptures.
[edit] People
- Rapper Wyclef Jean was born in the city.
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