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Fun fact 3 about Pétion-Ville

Hills of Petion-Ville, Haiti
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On 7 July 2021, then-President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by a group of 28 gunmen while sleeping in his private residence located in Pétion-Ville.

Pétion-Ville
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Pétion-Ville

Haiti

Country
Haiti
Population
291.0K
Coordinates
18.51, -72.29
669th most populous city in the world

Pétion-Ville is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate from the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle.

From the “2021 assassination of Jovenel Moïse” section

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Photo: Andrew Wiseman · CC BY-SA 3.0