Dessalines
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Dessalines | |
Location in Haiti | |
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Country | Haiti |
Department | Artibonite |
Dessalines is a city in the Artibonite Department of Haiti. It is named after Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti.