Official Name: | Bainet |
Native Name: | Benè |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Sud-Est |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Bainet |
Population As Of: | 7 August 2003 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 62,300 |
Coordinates: | 18.1833°N -72.75°W |
Elevation M: | 0 |
Bainet (Haitian; Haitian Creole: Benè) is a commune in the Bainet Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est department of Haiti.It has 62,300 inhabitants as of 2003.[2]
In late 1791 and early 1792, during the early Haitian Revolution, slaves in Bainet rebelled as part of the Trou Coffy uprising led by Romaine-la-Prophétesse.[3]
The commune's administrative offices were destroyed as a result of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. As a result, from 2010 to 2016, city officials worked in prefabricated premises funded by the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). MINUSTAH ultimately funded the creation of a new town hall, which was inaugurated in October 2016.[4]
The Haitian artist and photographer Gérald Bloncourt was born in Bainet.[5]