Île à Vache

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name = Île à Vache


image caption = Île à Vache and the coast of southwestern Haiti
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country = Haiti
country admin divisions title = Department
country admin divisions = Sud
country admin divisions title 1 = Arrondissement
country admin divisions 1 = Les Cayes
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population = 15,000
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Île à Vache (also expressed Île-à-Vaches) (Cow Island) is a small island lying off the south-west peninsula of Haiti near the town of Les Cayes. Administratively it is part of the Sud Department. It is about convert|8|mi|km long, convert|2|mi|km wide, with an area of convert|20|sqmi|km2. The western end of the island is up to convert|150|m|ft high and rolling with several small swamps in the valleys; while the eastern section is swampy, and has a lagoon with one of the largest mangrove forests in Haiti. [cite news | author = T. Brooks & L.M. Davalos | title = The Birds of Île-à-Vache, Haiti | date = 2001 | accessdate = 2006-08-30 | publisher = Caribbean Journal of Science | url = http://research.amnh.org/users/davalos/brooks&davalos.pdf] It is one of the most popular tourist sites in Haiti and it has some of the best island scenery in the Caribbean. The population of the island is somewhere between 10,000-15,000 inhabitants. There are two tourist resorts on the island, the Port Morgan and Abaka Bay.

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External links

* [http://www.hope-for-haiti.org Hope for Haiti: Education and grassroots development in rural Haiti]
* http://www.kakokfoundation.org/ileavache.htm
* http://www.ile-a-vache.com/
* [http://www.numismondo.com/pm/hti/bernardkock/ Numismondo - Bernard Kock Paper Money]