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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Gros-Morne, Artibonite

Gros-Morne (French pronunciation: [ɡʁo mɔʁn]; Haitian Creole: Gwo Mòn) is a commune in the Gros-Morne Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It has 155,692 inhabitants (2015). Gros-Morne is a rural city in Haiti. Its name means "Big Mountain."

Economy

Gros-Morne is famous for its production of the "Madame Francis" mango, in spite of the limited means of transport.

References

  1. ^ "Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ Charles, Jean Hervé (24 January 2017). "Commentary: Gros Morne, Haiti, the capital of the forbidden fruit: The Francis mango". Caribbean News Now. Archived from the original on 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  3. ^ Junior, Jeanty Gerard, ed. (19 December 2014). "Vilton Charles, the man behind KOPKOMFG". Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

The Moise family has been sponsoring the advancement of Gros-Morne's agriculture since 1980. In 2019 one of the family youngest son Marvens Kwensky Moise, started the non-profit organization "Ann Plante Gros-Morne" to help further the cause.