Quartier Morin

Quartier-Morin is a small town located in Haiti’s Nord Department, in Haiti’s northern peninsula.

Located in the Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement, the “City of Cane and Distilleries” is a municipality having around 24,000 inhabitants. De Quartier Morin and Quartier Morin Ville are the other names used for Quartier-Morin.

The church of Quartier-Morin is placed in 1700 under the patronage of Saint Louis.

In the past, Quartier Morin, which was only a neighborhood, belonged to a great settler named “Morin”. It was founded in 1780 and its date of elevation to the rank of commune is not known. It includes two communal sections. By its geographical position, it is interior, its dominant relief is the plain and its climate is normal. The inhabitants of the district of Quartier Morin are called Morinois. In 1998, the population of Quartier Morin was 18,321. Its surface area is 61.53 km2 and its density was 298 inhabitants / km2 in 1998.

Economy: At the level of Economic and Financial Infrastructures, the municipality is very poor. There is a Hotel and a Caisse Populaire.

The local economy is based on growing cocoa, tobacco, sugar cane with distilleries and distillation of the essential oil

Education: The Ministry of National Education of Youth and Sports is represented in the district of Quartier Morin by a School Inspection Office with an Inspector in charge. There is a Kindergarten, twenty-one mostly private primary schools and two private secondary schools.

Health: The Ministry of Public Health and Population is not represented in the district of Quartier Morin. There are four clinics, and hospital with six nurses and fifteen auxiliaries.

Utilities: This communication has a river, over 400 single boreholes, five artesian wells, and over two dozen valves and pumps for domestic use. The district of Quartier Morin is partially electrified because, only the city and the first Communal Section benefit from electrical energy. This current is provided by the Electricity of Haiti (ED? H). The feeding frequency is twenty (20) hours per week.

Security: With regard to the Administrative and Judicial Infrastructures, the municipality has a Court of Peace and one Sub-Commission. There is no Prison but, a custody room.

Religion: On the side of religion, more than twenty two temples of all beliefs have been enumerated in the commune. The Baptist Churches are more represented, ten in total.

Organizations: Political parties and other organizations, are practically non-existent in the commune of Quartier Morin.

Communication: In terms of communication, it does not have a radio station, newspaper / magazine or television station.

Leisure: As for Culture and Leisure, the District of Morin is also very deprived. There is no Library, Museum, Theater Room nor Cinema. The Gaguères are nine and the Commune has a Football (soccer) field and other spaces available for the practice of this sport. There are no Monuments and Sites in the District of Morin. She celebrates annually her patron saint “Saint Louis King of France” every 25th of August.

Religion: Main population of this town comprises Christians out of which many are Catholics. A large number of Catholics also reside in settlements surrounding Quartier-Morin.

Economy: Sugarcane, cocoa and tobacco are harvested in farming based on a small scale in this small town. Many of the people in the town are engaged in farming activities. Within Quartier-Morin there are a number of oil distillers, which are very useful in giving the town’s economy a boost.

Transportation: There is no airport in Quartier-Morin town. Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement Airport is the closest airport to this town situated at a distance of 5.7 kilometers. The other airport closest to Quartier-Morin is Naples Mergellina Harbor Airport. From Quartier-Morin it is located at a distance of 30 km. On Quartier-Morin’s southern side is located Dondon, another town which is connected to Quartier-Morin by more than one route.

Recreation: Attractions and sights to see in and around are Palais Des Sans-Soucis, Labadee offering pristine beaches, La Citadelle Laferriere a mountain fortress, Sans-Souci Palace, King Henri Christophe’s royal residence, Labadi, Place Centrale, Voodoo Hounfor, Cite Soleil, National Museum of History at Port-au-Prince and Vodou Flag Makers. During St.Louis leadership in 1700 the legendary church was constructed here.

Development issues: Protect overflows of the Grande Rivière North
Structuring the urban extension around Galman Road (streets, squares, schools)
Extend the city around the city center
Build a trading hub, a market and a craft center
Protect farmland outside of boundaries of the city and its immediate extension