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|official_name          = Carrefour
|native_name            = ''Kafou''
|settlement_type        = Municipality
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|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Haiti
|coordinates_region     = HT
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Image:Flag of Haiti.svg|25px]] [[Haiti]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Departments of Haiti|Department]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Ouest Department|Ouest]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Arrondissements of Haiti|Arrondissement]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Port-au-Prince Arrondissement|Port-au-Prince]]
|area_total_km2         = 164.9
|population_as_of       = 7 August 2003
|population_footnotes   =<ref>''Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique'' (IHSI)</ref>
|population_total       = 373,916
|population_density_km2 = 2267.1
|latd=18 |latm=32 |lats=0 |latNS=N
|longd=72 |longm=24 |longs=0 |longEW=W
|elevation_m            = 39
}}
{{Commonscat|Carrefour, Haiti}}
'''Carrefour''' ({{lang-ht|Kafou}}; {{IPA-ht|kafu|pron}}) is a largely residential and very poor [[commune]] in the [[Port-au-Prince]] metropolitan area. The district has an estimated population of 408,000 as of 2003. It is mostly a [[bedroom community]] for those who work in central [[Port-au-Prince]]. The neighborhood is very poor and ill-serviced, however, as of recently, small-scale construction has gone on in the area along with street renovations.

Before the exile of [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]], Carrefour was viewed as a Haitian tourist destination.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

<gallery>
File:Port-Au-Prince and Carrefour map.png|Carrefour, Cité Soleil, Delmas, Port-au-Prince, in relation to one another
File:Port-au-Prince-TF.jpg|Computer generated aerial view of Carrefour and Port-au-Prince
</gallery>

==2010 earthquake==
On 12 January 2010, [[2010 Haiti earthquake|a magnitude 7.0 earthquake]]<ref> [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010rja6.php "Magnitude 7.0 - HAITI REGION"], [[United States Geological Survey]], 12 January 2010.</ref> that hit Haiti caused heavy damage to residential buildings in Carrefour, with 40 to 50 per cent of buildings destroyed in the town’s worst-affected areas.<ref> ABC News, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/17/2794043.htm?section=justin 'Haiti Disaster Like "No Other"'], '''AFP''', '''Lisa Millar''', ''17 January 2010'' (accessed 17 January 2010)</ref> One of the damaged facilities was the city's hospital.<ref> MSF, [http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=6AD62231-15C5-F00A-2523CF8054F960DA&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html "Tented and inflatable facilities bring peace of mind to surgery patients in Haiti"], ''26 January 2010'' (accessed 26 January 2010)</ref>

In the wake of the quake, the Cuban military set up a [[field hospital]] in the region.<ref> Caribbean Net News, [http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-21303--2-2--.html "Cuba to open fifth field hospital in Haiti"], ''5 February 2010'' (accessed 5 February 2010)</ref> Electricity was restored to some sectors at the beginning of February.<ref> Haiti Press Network, [http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/news.cfm?articleID=13365 "Haïti – Séisme : L’électricité se rétablit peu à peu"], '''MJB''', ''4 February 2010'' (accessed 5 February 2010)</ref>

As of 9 February 2010, the US [[24th Marine Expeditionary Unit]] is rotating out of Haiti, having been replaced by the US [[22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit]], in their position on [[USS Bataan]] and Carrefour, Leogane and Grand-Goave, Petit-Goave.<ref> WITN, [http://www.witn.com/stateregional/headlines/83871422.html "24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Leaving Haiti"], '''NBC News''', ''9 February 2010'' (accessed 10 February 2010) </ref><ref> DVIDS, [http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=45117 "22nd MEU Moves Into Carrefour"], '''22MEU''', ''8 February 2010'' (accessed 10 February 2010) </ref>

As of 7 March 2010, a donated Fujifilm X-ray machine has arrived at the Adventists Medical Center.<ref> The Hour, [http://www.thehour.com/story/483204 "Donated X-ray machine arrives in Haiti"], '''Chase Wright''', ''7 March 2010'' (accessed 9 March 2010) </ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* Reuters, [http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satelliteimages/UNOSAT/7f8ba3a3b15b4bf61169b770eb99046f.htm "Comprehensive Building Damage Assessment for Carrefour Commune, Haiti (Version 3)"], ''15 February 2010''
* Reuters, [http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satelliteimages/UNOSAT/ccda4a8c6be674cec2d5526306ab4df6.htm "Intensity of Building Damages in Central Carrefour, Haiti"], ''25 February 2010''

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