Croix-des-Bouquets (town)

Croix-des-Bouquets (French pronunciation: [kʁwa de bukɛ]; Creole: Kwadèbouke) is a town in the Croix-des-Bouquets commune in the Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. In 2009, the commune had 227,012 inhabitants,^[1] making it the most populous city in Ouest department outside of Port-au-Prince Arrondissement. It is the birthplace of Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean.

Croix-des-Bouquets Kwadèbouke
Town
Croix-des-Bouquets Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18.59°N 72.20°W / 18.59; -72.20
Country	Haiti
Department	Ouest
Arrondissement	Croix-des-Bouquets
Area
• Total	634.62 km2 (245.03 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[1]
• Total	227,012
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-04:00 (EDT)