Saint-Marc
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Saint-Marc is a coastal, port town in western Haiti. It is in the Department of the Artibonite. It is located near .
In 1905 the Compagnie Nationale or National Railroad built a 100km of railroad track north from Port-au-Prince to Saint-Marc, which was later extended another 30km to Verrettes. Read more about transport in Haiti.
The port of Saint-Marc is currently the preferred port of entry for consumer goods coming into Haiti. Reasons for this may include its location away from volatile and congested Port-au-Prince, as well as its central location relative to a large group of Haitian cities including Cap-Haitien, Carrefour, Delmas, Desarmes, Fond-Parisien, Fort-Liberté, Gonaives, Hinche, l’Artibonite, Limbe, Pétionville, Port-de-Paix, and Verrettes. These cities, together with their surrounding areas, contain about six million of Haïti’s eight million people.
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