Borgne

Borgne Obòy
Commune
Borgne Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 19°51′0″N 72°32′0″W / 19.85000°N 72.53333°W / 19.85000; -72.53333
Country	Haiti
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Borgne
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (7 August 2003)[1]
• Total	46,886
Time zone	UTC-05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-04:00 (EDT)

Borgne (French pronunciation: [bɔʁɲ]; Haitian Creole: Obòy) is a commune in the Borgne Arrondissement, in Nord department of Haiti. The economy there is based on agriculture and fishery. Other nearby places include Port-Margot, Robin, and Fond La Grange. Since 2011, Borgne has been a "sister city" with Honeoye Falls, New York, United States.^[2]

Communal Sections

The commune consists of seven communal sections, namely:

• Margot, rural
• Boucan Michel, rural
• Petit Bourg de Borgne, urban (Petit Bourg de Borgne neighborhood) and rural
• Trou d'Enfer, rural
• Champagne, rural
• Molas, rural
• Côte de Fer et Fond Lagrange, urban (town of Borgne) and rural

External links

• Satellite view of Borgne

References

1. Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
2. [1]