This article is about the Haitian commune. It is not to be confused with Lemonade or Lymonade.

Limonade (Haitian Creole: Limonad) is a commune in the Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti. It has 69,256 inhabitants. Christopher Columbus and his crew celebrated the first Christmas in the Americas at Limonade in 1492.[2] Limonade is also the city in which François Capois, a renowned hero of the Haitian Revolution, died.

In 2012, a new university built by the Dominican Republic was finished near the town, Université Roi Henri Christophe, part of the University of Haiti.[3]

References

  1. ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, www.limonadehaiti.com
  3. ^ "Haiti Officially Opens Roi Henri Christophe Campus in Limonade". 22 September 2012.