Ville de Ouanaminthe (or Downtown Ouanaminthe) is the urban section of the city of Ouanaminthe.
Pagoda in Ouanaminthe, serving the area's Japanese community
Neighboring sections
Upper West  Haut-Marihaboux |
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Ouanaminthe |
East Dajabón, D.R. | |
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About[]
Early beginnings[]
Ouanaminthe was founded as a 5th class commune in the district of Fort Liberté. It was founded under its Indian name that had the canton where it is located, and which was called Guanaminto.
Since 1730, a chapel had been established there which gave birth to it; the village is placed in an elevated savannah, on the left bank of the Massacre, it included 17 blocks having 76 locations. It felt the effects of the 1772 hurricane terribly.
At its founding, Ouanaminthe had 10 communal sections. Four of these eventually split off and became seperate towns. 7th de Capotille and 8th de Lamine became the town of Capotille, while 9th de Mont-Organisé and 10th de Bois Pins became the town of Mont-Organisé.
The two rural sections of the Maribaroux (1re de Maribaroux and 2e du Bas de Maribaroux) produce sugar whose quality is considered superior to that of Limonade and Quartier-Morin. Other productions of the commune include tafia, syrup, campeche, pastures, Beef, horses, pigs, parrots, goats, and poultry. The air is healthy there.
the Oblate Fathers who supported this activity (beekeeping)
History[]
• On March 21, 1786 Joseph Courtois was born in Ouanaminthe.
• On August 22, 1791, Candy, a man of color, took arms in the vicinity of Ouanaminthe at the head of a many of his people, most of whom were convicted in absentia in the Ogé and Chavannes affair.
Governor Blanchelande caused them to attack, and established a camp at Ouanaminthe.
• In 1792, Candy chased Dassas from le Trou. He took refuge in Ouanaminthe where Candy chased him and forced him to sign a concordat with colored men.
• On June 26, 1793, Lafeuillée, a royalist officer, delivered Ouanaminthe to 10,000 men, including 6,000 Spanish soldiers, and 4,000 warriors of bands of Jean-Francois.
• In January 1803, the French were successful in Ouanaminthe and drove the independent natives far into the interior. On January 16, after his success at Laxavon, General Lacroix scaled the fort of Ouanaminthe after having overthrown and dispersed the independents. He left Vaussier in command at Ouanaminthe.
Christophe, on learning these events, marched against Ouanaminthe with 2,000 men and seized it.
• In 1806, the French from the east seized Ouanaminthe: General Capoix left Fort-Libertéand drove them out with a prompt and resolute attack.
• S. E, Mr. de Arisé Baptiste was count of Ouanaminthe under the empire in 1849.
• In 1855, after the disastrous day of San Thomé, Emperor Soulouque marched with his army to Ouanaminthe.
• On May 7, 1865, Salnave took up arms against President Geffrard, and arrested the commander. The insurrection spread quickly to Fort-Liberte, Trou, Cap-Haitien and throughout the North and Northwest. However, General Andrieux, aided by Colonel Robert Noel, reacted in favor of President Geffrard, whose troops entered the city. These two officers were the first Cacos, in 1867, from the arrival of Salnave from exile after the departure of Geffrard, because of the persecution they were subjected to by Salnave.
• While General Anselme Prophete, President Legitime's Minister of War was advancing into the heart of the North and driving the Northerners back towards the Cape. The leader of the insurrection, General Hyppolite, provisional President of the North, was at Ouanaminthe, and excited the population to defend the revolution. He stayed there from January 23, 1889 to May 29. On February 4, 1911, Ouanaminthe took up arms against President Antoine Simon in favor of Cincinatus Leconte; the generals: Mizael Codio, Chapuzette Michel and Mathieu Fils-Aime were the leaders of the movement. On Saturday, February 11, they were driven out by government troops while President Antoine Simon was at the Cape.
• The Lassale locality, situated in the commune of Ouanaminthe, was seized by the Northerners. On March 29, 1889, General Joseph Prophète declared the successful capture of this strategic location by government forces. Following the defeat of General Piquant at Deesalines, Lassale came under the control of these troops and was designated as a district of Fort Liberté by a decree issued by the provisional government of Saint Marc on August 3, 1889.
• In 1902, the chamber created the district of Ouanaminthe.
• On February 13, 1911, General Cincinatus Leconte, Head of the Executive Power, allocated a sum of 500,000 HTG, to the inhabitants of Ouanaminthe to compensate them for the destruction of their property and their animals by the government of Antoine Simon. This occured before his election to the presidency, by his decree of August 10, 1911.
• In 1914, General Seymour Pradel, at the head of the government army laid siege to Ouanaminthe. There was no damage resulting from the impact.
The revolution of 1915 seems not to have reached Ouanaminthe since proclaimed in au Cap, it marched across Port-au-Prince.
• In November 1915, the Cacos battled against the Americans who forced them to cross the border and take refuge in Dajabon. The Dominican authorities disarmed the Cacos. Fort Ouanaminthe was demolished with dynamite.
• On October 9, 1914, by order of President Davilmar Theodore, the deputy elections of communes of Ouanamitithe, Valliere, Carice, Cerca-la Source, Lassale, Mont Organise, Terrier Rouge, Trou, Acul Samedi, Sainte Suzanne, Caracol and Perches were annulled, the electorate law not having been observed.
In its October 17 session, the Chamber, which alone has jurisdiction to validate or invalidate the powers of its members, annulled the Order of October 9.
• A law of October 2, 1918 of the Council of State established the seat of the Fort Liberte trial court in Ouanaminthe.
• A law of the Council of State of July 28, 1924 abolished the trial court of Ouanaminthe.
Tin roof house on Rue d'Armes
Morning traffic, Rue Vallieres
Total gas station; Downtown Ouanaminthe
Soccer field, off Rue Intertainment, Downtown Ouanaminthe
Letter[]
This is what President Antoine Simon's proclamation of February 13, 1911, dated in Ouanaminthe says:
"I had rather wanted to enter Ouanaminthe as a Peacemaker and not as a conqueror. To this end, I used all the means of conciliation, trying to induce the enemy to lay down their arms. My request had traveled with part of the government forces for the purpose of preaching the word of peace to the rebels.
But the daring ones seeing, no doubt, that these wise measures were a proof of weakness on the part of the government, gave firm against my troops which they attacked three leagues from Ouanaminthe. The aggressor enemy, hounded by the divisions of Generals Magloire and Francillon, took refuge in Fort Jacques, an impregnable position, from where their cannon vomited grapeshot on our unfortunate soldiers. After a fierce and stubborn fight, the latter, faithful to duty, made a supreme effort and the divisions of Generals Sylvain, Magloire Francillon and D. Alexandre ran to attack the Fort. All hope is lost for the rebels who, in their cowardly and shameful capitulation, enveloped the village in flames. Ouanaminthe has disappeared!"