Cabaret, Haiti

Cabaret Kabarè
Commune
Cabaret Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°44′0″N 72°25′0″W / 18.73333°N 72.41667°W / 18.73333; -72.41667
Country	Haiti
Department	Ouest
Arrondissement	Arcahaie
Area
• Total	211.7 km2 (81.7 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[1]
• Total	62,063
• Density	293.2/km2 (759.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-04:00 (EDT)

Cabaret (French pronunciation: [kabaʁɛ] ^ⓘ; Haitian Creole: Kabarè) is a commune in the Arcahaie Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. In 2009, the commune had 62,063 inhabitants.^[1] During his dictatorship, François Duvalier renamed it Duvalierville (French pronunciation: [dyvaljevil]; Haitian Creole: Divalyevil); in 1961 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.

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