Jérémie

Jérémie
Jeremi
Jérémie (2007)
Nickname(s): 
La Cité des Poètes
The City of Poets
Jérémie
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°39′0″N 74°7′0″W / 18.65000°N 74.11667°W / 18.65000; -74.11667
CountryHaiti
DepartmentGrand'Anse
ArrondissementJérémie
Founded1756
Government
  MayorRonald Étienne
Area
  Total
164.95 sq mi (427.22 km2)
Population
 (2015)
  Total
134,317
  Density810/sq mi (310/km2)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code
HT 7110

Jérémie (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁemi] ; Haitian Creole: Jeremi) is a commune and capital city of the Grand'Anse department in Haiti. It had a population of about 134,317 at the 2015 census. It is relatively isolated from the rest of the country. The Grande-Anse River flows near the city.

Jérémie is called the city of the poets because of the numerous writers, poets, and historians born there.