Les Cayes
Okay (Haitian Creole) Aux Cayes | |
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 Les Cayes Cathedral | |
  Les Cayes Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates: 18°12′0″N 73°45′0″W / 18.20000°N 73.75000°W | |
| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Sud |
| Arrondissement | Les Cayes |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 86,780 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern) |
Les Cayes (/leɪ ˈkeɪ, leɪ ˈkaɪ/ lay K(A)Y, French: [le kaj]), often referred to as Aux Cayes (French: [o kaj]; Haitian Creole: Okay), is a commune and seaport in the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti, with a population of 71,236.[1] Due to its isolation from the political turmoil of the capital, Port-au-Prince, it is one of Haiti's major ports, with export trade concentrating on mostly coffee and sugarcane. As the world's largest supplier of vetiver, it exports 250 tons annually of this ingredient of perfume and fragrance manufacturing.[2][3][4][5] Minor exports include bananas and timber.
- ^ "IHSI" (PDF). 'Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ Frager, Haiti: shortening the perfume chain to become world number one Archived 12 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, International Trade Centre, International Trade Forum - Issue 3/2001
- ^ The Guardian, ed. (4 March 2014). "Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ Adams, David (24 April 2014). "FEATURE-Perfumers promote fair trade for Haiti's 'super-crop'". Reuters. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ FIDA, ed. (2014). "Did you know? Haiti is one of the World's Leading Vetiver Producers". Retrieved 12 April 2015.