Môle Saint-Nicolas

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Môle Saint-Nicolas ("Mòlsennikola" or "Omòl" in Haitian Creole) is a town in the Republic of Haiti. It is the chief town of the Môle Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement in the department of Nord-Ouest. It is located on the site where Christopher Columbus landed on December 6, 1492 and founded the settlement of La Navidad. The town's fête day is December 6 each year, to celebrate Columbus' arrival. The town received its present name after France gained control of the western part of Hispaniola in 1697.

Môle Saint-Nicolas has a population of about 4,000 people, with another 20,000 spread throughout the rural areas nearby. In October 2007 it received its first external telecommunications capability with the construction of the Digicel network tower above the town. The road network of Haiti is in general decrepit, with roads in the north-west being no exception. However, in Mole itself, the roads are passable in a sturdy vehicle. There is a dirt airstrip to the north of the town. The town has running water from a run-of-river channel constructed in the 1970s, which feeds a reservoir above the town and is distributed via PVC pipes to spigots throughout the town. A medical clinic in the town has been staffed by Slovakian volunteer doctors from a private university, since the end of 2006.

The town has many forts, built by the French. Ruine Poudriere is an old magazine built sometime in the 1750s.

The main source of local food is the sea.