Marigot, Haiti

Marigot (French pronunciation: [maʁiɡo]; Haitian Creole: Marigo) is a commune in the Jacmel Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. It has 50,739 inhabitants.

Marigot Marigo
Commune
Marigot Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°14′0″N 72°19′0″W
Country	Haiti
Department	Sud-Est
Arrondissement	Jacmel
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population  (7 August 2003)[1]
• Total	50,734

In early 1793, during the Haitian Revolution, Marigot's black inhabitants rebelled and built a fort in the city.^[2] Abbé Aubert, a white priest and leader of the rebellion in the area, also commandeered Marigot's cannons and contributed them to Romaine-la-Prophétesse's slave uprising around and siege of Jacmel.^[3]

The Haitian writer Emile Célestin-Mégie [fr] was born in Marigot.^[4]