Roche-à-Bateau Wòchabato | |
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  Roche-à-Bateau Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates:18°10′54″N74°00′10″W / 18.18167°N 74.00278°W /18.18167; -74.00278 | |
| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Sud |
| Arrondissement | Côteaux |
| Elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
| Population (2009)[1] | |
• Total | 16,727 |
| Time zone | UTC-05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-04:00 (EDT) |
Roche-à-Bateaux (French pronunciation:[ʁɔʃabato];Haitian Creole:Wòchabato) is acommune in theCôteaux Arrondissement, in theSuddepartment ofHaiti. In 2009, the municipality had 16,727 residents.
Roche-à-Bateaux was hit by a category 4 tropical storm in 2016,Hurricane Matthew[1] directly passed over theSuddepartment ofHaiti over the course of 36 minutes. 50 people were killed as a result of the 9.8ft (3m) storm surge[2] which hit the coastal town, strong winds of 145mph also destroyed 62% of homes in the municipality.
