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  Dessalines Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates:19°17′0″N72°30′0″W / 19.28333°N 72.50000°W /19.28333; -72.50000 | |
| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Artibonite |
| Arrondissement | Dessalines |
| Area | |
• Total | 474.29 km2 (183.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 181,903 |
| • Density | 383.53/km2 (993.33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code | HT 4410 |
Dessalines (French pronunciation:[dɛsalin];Haitian Creole:Desalin) usually referred to asMarchand-Dessalines (Haitian Creole:Machan Desalin), is acommune in theArtibonitedepartment ofHaiti. It is named afterJean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of theHaitian Revolution and the first ruler and emperor of independent Haiti.
During that periodL'Éstère city was a major city in theArtibonite Valley. Marchand at that time was ahabitation probably belonging to a French name Marchand.
During the Haitian revolution, Dessalines organized most of his troops from the town ofPetite Riviere de Artibonite. Dessalines asked Pétion to lay a plan for a new city that would become the capital of free Haiti over thehabitation Marchand.In 1804 the town was made the capital of the newly independent state of Haiti. It was renamed afterJean-Jacques Dessalines in honor of the first Haitian head of state. The imperial constitution of 20 May 1805 was proclaimed from the town of Dessalines. After the emperor's assassination in October 1806Port-au-Prince was declared the new capital of Haiti.[citation needed]
The commune lay in the Artibonite Valley, on the north shore of the river at the bottom of the Montagne Noir mountain range.The major river of the commune is the Estère river.
Like much of the valley Dessalines' main economical hub is agriculture mainly rice cultivation.
Dessalines have great potential for historical and cultural tourism.
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