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Caracol (Haitian Creole: Karakòl) is a commune in the Trou-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord-Est Department of Haiti. It has 6,236 inhabitants.
Caracol was a poverty-stricken fishing village on the north coast of Haiti. It was one of the poorest villages in the country.
In 2012 the Caracol Industrial Park was built on a square mile, 600 acre, 246 hectare, site near Carocol. The $300 million project, which includes a 10-megawatt power plant, road, a water-treatment plant, worker housing in neighboring communities, and development of a port in nearby Fort-Liberté, was built with hurricane relief funds, a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank,[2] contributions by the United States government, and The Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of State, played central roles in supporting and promoting the project. The anchor tenant is SNH Global, S.A, a subsidiary of Sae-A Trading Co. Ltd, Sae-A, a global clothing manufacturer headquartered in South Korea.[3][4] It will begin operations in the fall of 2012; a work force of 20,000 is projected.[5] The eventual workforce is projected to approach 65,000 and result in a tenfold expansion of population in the area to about 300,000 from its present 30,000. Social and environmental disruption is anticipated as the result of this hastily-planned project.[4][5]
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