Haiti, Government, Port-au-Prince, Carrefour
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Carrefour (Haitian Creole: Kafou; pronounced: [kafu]) is a largely residential and very poor commune in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. The district has an estimated population of 408,000 as of 2003. It is mostly a bedroom community for those who work in central Port-au-Prince. The neighborhood is very poor and ill-serviced, however, as of recently, small-scale construction has gone on in the area along with street renovations.
Carrefour was not always a poor district outside of downtown Port-au-Prince. Before the departure of Jean-Claude Duvalier and before all the political unrest that has swallowed the country, it was a haven for tourists.
[edit] 2010 earthquake
On 12 January 2010, the a magnitude 7.0 earthquake[2] that hit Haiti caused heavy damage to residential buildings in Carrefour, with 40 to 50 per cent of buildings destroyed in the town’s worst-affected areas.[3]