Back ميرباليه Arabic Mirebalais (munisipyo) CEB Mirebalais German Mirebalais Spanish Mirebalais French Mibalè (komin) HT Mirebalais Italian Mirebalais (gemeente) Dutch Mirebalais Polish Mirebalais Portuguese
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Mirebalais
Mibalè | |
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  Mirebalais Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates: 18°50′0″N 72°6′19″W / 18.83333°N 72.10528°W | |
| Country |  Haiti |
| Department | Centre |
| Arrondissement | Mirebalais |
| Established | 1702 |
| Area | |
• Total | 330.87 km2 (127.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 163 m (535 ft) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 97,755 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Area code | HT 5210 |
Mirebalais (French pronunciation: [miʁbalɛ]; Haitian Creole: Mibalè) is a commune in the Centre department of Haiti, approximately 60 km northeast of Port-au-Prince on National Road 3. The city was established in 1702.
American Rotarians have made a number of mission-type trips to the city and surrounding areas since the 1980s. Located along the hydroelectric power transmission grid, the city normally has electricity throughout the day and night.
During the United Nations occupation of 2005, Nepalese troops were stationed in the city, using the city jail as their headquarters.
A U.S. military C-17 cargo plane carried out a large airdrop of food and supplies here in the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
- ^ "Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2017.