About Jeremie

Jérémie is called the city of the poets because of the numerous writers, poets, and historians born there.

In 1964, during the Jérémie Vespers, the Haïtian army and the Tonton Macoutes massacred 27 people in Jérémie.

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, a food aid convoy transporting aid delivered to Jérémie Airport through Jérémie, encountered a hijacking attempt by 20 men, on 30 January 2010. Medical supplies have also been airlifted through the airport, due to the increase in medical needs from injured refugees arriving in the wake of the quake.

Roughly 40 nautical miles