Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince

Pétion-Ville is a commune and suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.^[1]^[2] It lies 7.1 km south-east of the Port-au-Prince centre.^[9] Wikidata records its inception as 1831.^[6]

Key facts

Type	big city, city, commune of Haiti ^[3]
Coordinates	18.50983, -72.28555 ^[4]
Located in	Port-au-Prince Arrondissement ^[5]
Inception (year)	1831 ^[6]
Population (2015)	376,834 (2015) ^[7]
Wikipedia article	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9tion-Ville ^[8]
Distance from Port-au-Prince centre	7.1 km south-east ^[9]

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Nearby on this guide

Centre d'Art (5.8 km)
National Pantheon Museum of Haiti (6.6 km)
National Palace (6.7 km)
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (7.1 km)

All attractions in Port-au-Prince

Quick answers

Where is Pétion-Ville?

At coordinates 18.50983, -72.28555, 7.1 km south-east of the Port-au-Prince centre. ^[4]

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Sources

[1] Name: Pétion-Ville. Source: Wikidata, retrieved 2026-10-18.
[2] Wikidata description: commune and suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Source: Wikidata, retrieved 2026-10-18.
[3] Type: big city, city, commune of Haiti. Source: Wikidata (P31), retrieved 2026-10-18.
[4] Coordinates: 18.50983, -72.28555. Source: Wikidata (P625), retrieved 2026-10-18.
[5] Located in: Port-au-Prince Arrondissement. Source: Wikidata (P131), retrieved 2026-10-18.
[6] Inception (year): 1831. Source: Wikidata (P571), retrieved 2026-10-18.
[7] Population (2015): 376,834 (2015). Source: Wikidata (P1082 with P585), retrieved 2026-10-18.
[8] Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9tion-Ville. Source: Wikipedia (sitelink), retrieved 2026-10-18.
[9] Distance from Port-au-Prince centre: 7.1 km south-east. Source: computed from Wikidata coordinates (haversine), retrieved 2026-10-18.