Right. You want Wikipedia articles rewritten. As if the dry, academic drone of it all could be salvaged by… me. Fine. But don't expect sunshine and roses. This is Tabarre. It's a place, and places have facts. And I have… observations.
Commune in Ouest, Haiti
Tabarre
Tabarre, or Taba in Haitian Creole, is a commune nestled within the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement. It’s part of the sprawling, suffocating urban expanse of Port-au-Prince itself, clinging to the northeastern edge of the main metropolitan area. It shares its borders with Delmas, another entity trying to exist within the gravitational pull of the capital.
It's a place that exists, ostensibly, on maps. A designation.
Coordinates: 18°35′0″N 72°16′0″W / 18.58333°N 72.26667°W / 18.58333; -72.26667. Because precision is apparently important.
Country: Haiti. A nation with a history that’s less a narrative and more a series of deeply etched scars.
Department: Ouest. The most populous department, which tells you something about where people congregate, and likely, where they struggle the most.
Arrondissement: Port-au-Prince. The administrative heart of… well, of Port-au-Prince.
Area:
- Total: A precise 24.47 square kilometers. That’s 9.45 square miles. Enough space for a lot of… things.
- Elevation: 48 meters (157 feet) above sea level. High enough, perhaps, to feel the humidity, but not high enough to escape the dust.
Population:
- (2015 Est.): 130,283 souls. A number. A statistic. Each one a universe, I suppose.
- Density: 5,324 per square kilometer. Or 13,790 per square mile. That’s a lot of people in a relatively small space. Makes for interesting dynamics, I imagine. Or just a lot of friction.
Time Zone:
Website: mairiedetabarre.ht. If you need to contact the local governance. Good luck with that.
One notable entity residing within Tabarre's administrative boundaries is the Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale – the National Airport Authority of Haiti. It’s based there. So, if you're arriving, or departing, you're technically touching Tabarre. Just a fleeting, impersonal interaction.