Gros-Morne,_Artibonite

Gros-Morne, Haiti

Gros-Morne, Haiti

Commune in Artibonite, Haiti

Gros-Morne (French pronunciation: [ɡʁo mɔʁn]; Haitian Creole: Gwo Mòn) is a commune in the Gros-Morne Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It has 7,294 inhabitants (2010). Gros-Morne is a rural city in Haiti. Its name means "Big Mountain."

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Economy

Gros-Morne is famous for its production of the "Madame Francis" mango, in spite of the limited means of transport.[2][3]

References

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    Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. [2]
    Charles, Jean Hervé (24 January 2017). "Commentary: Gros Morne, Haiti, the capital of the forbidden fruit: The Francis mango". Caribbean News Now. Archived from the original on 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
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    Junior, Jeanty Gerard, ed. (19 December 2014). "Vilton Charles, the man behind KOPKOMFG". Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

The Moise family has been sponsoring the advancement of Gros-Morne's agriculture since 1980. In 2019 one of the family youngest son Marvens Kwensky Moise, started the non-profit organization "Ann Plante Gros-Morne" to help further the cause.

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