Ranquitte
Ranquitte
Rankit | |
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| Coordinates: 19°25′0″N 72°5′0″W / 19.41667°N 72.08333°W | |
| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Raphaël |
| Elevation | 512 m (1,680 ft) |
| Population (7 August 2003) | |
• Total | 18,197 |
| Time zone | UTC-05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-04:00 (EDT) |
Ranquitte (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃kit]; Haitian Creole: Rankit) is a commune in the Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti. It has 18,197 inhabitants.
The school in Ranquitte is the Spady-Calhoun school named partly in honor of one of its benefactors, Dr. Steven Spady of Hindman, KY. There is also a Health Clinic on campus there. Both the school and clinic are overseen by a Haitian staff and maintained by Christian Flights International, a non-profit missionary organization that has been sending trips into this area for over 40 years.