Cabaret

Cabaret is a commune in the Arcahaie Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti.

Cabaret received the name of Duvalier-Ville with the arrival in power of François Duvalier. During his dictatorship François Duvalier renamed it in 1961 and a construction project was begun. Construction eventually stopped, but the name was kept until Duvalier’s successor, his son Jean-Claude Duvalier, fled the country in 1986.

She has four communal sections. Cabaret is coastal compared to three of its communal sections. The relief of the city is the plain and the dominant relief of the communal sections is the plateau. Its climate is cool. Its inhabitants are called Cabaretains. In 1998, the population of the commune of Cabaret was estimated at 72,225 inhabitants and in 2015 it dropped to 68,245 souls. For an area of ​​226.85 km2 its density was 318 inhabitants / km2 in 1998.

Education: The Ministry of National Education for Youth and Sports is represented by a school inspection office in the commune of Cabaret. Nineteen kindergarten including eighteen private and one congregational type, several schools including eight (8) public, several private and one (1) congregational type have inventoried at the primary level. At the secondary level, one public and several private, along with five vocational schools and nine literacy centers have been identified in the municipality.

Health: The Ministry of Public Health and Population is represented in the commune of Cabaret by a municipal health office. Fourteen doctors, two dentists, four nurses, eleven auxiliaries, three certified matrons, and three laboratory technicians provide the health service of the municipality.

Utilities: Regarding water availability, the town of Cabaret has six rivers, four springs, 71 wells and public fountains. The city and a good number of localities are electrified.

Security: For Administrative and Judiciary Infrastructures, one police station, two peace courts and one registry office were inventoried in the commune.

Religion: On the side of religion, 38 temples (including chapels) were counted in the commune of Cabaret. The Catholic and Baptist churches appear to be more numerous, being respectively seven and eight in total.

Communication: The commune has a telephone office, a postal office and also has a press service that issues a magazine every month. A very good portion of the town is electrified, it has a telephone service, and a newspaper / magazine service. However, there is no radio station or television station.

Leisure: As for leisure, the town of Cabaret has no library or museum. It has a theater that also serves as a movie theater. Football (soccer) and basketball are the sports practiced in the municipality of Cabaret. Six nightclubs and ten gaguères complete the Cabarétans’ leisure areas. There are several sites in the town of Cabaret. They are of natural, colonial and historical origin, yet they are not all arranged and / or maintained to receive visitors.

Organizations: The commune has one representation of political party, a womens group, three popular organizations, one non-commercial cooperative, and one NGO.