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Gressier

Gressier (Haitian Creole: Gresye) is a commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest Department of Haiti. It has 25,947 inhabitants.

2010 7.0 earthquake

A UN assessment team estimated that 40 to 50 per cent of the buildings in Gressier were destroyed in the 12 January 2010 earthquake. The "court of the peace" building was destroyed in the tremblor.

ROKENGCOY, South Korea Engineering Company, is in Gressier since February 2010 to help with demolition and reconstruction, also with medical assistance.

References

External links

  • Reuters, "Gressier atlas of building damage assessment", 26 February 2010

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