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UTC-5 |
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UTC-4 |
IANA Time Zone |
America/Port-au-Prince |
Vash Island time compared to Beijing time (China) |
13 hours ahead |
The island of Vache (Île de la Gonâve) is Haiti's largest outlying island, located in the Caribbean Sea off the northwestern coast of Hispaniola, with an area of about 743 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Ouest of Haiti. The island's terrain is dominated by hills and savannahs, with a population of about 100,000, and its main economic reliance on agriculture (sugar cane and cassava cultivation) and fisheries, with a relatively weak infrastructure and an early stage of tourism development. With pristine beaches, coral reefs and unique ecosystems, it is a potential destination for bird-watching and eco-tourism, but a large-scale tourism industry has yet to develop due to limited transportation and resources. As an important geographic unit of Haiti, the island of Vache retains its traditional Caribbean culture and faces the twin challenges of development and conservation.
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