Hinche

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Hinche Ench
Commune
Cathédrale de Sacré-Coeur in Hinche
Nickname(s):  La Cité de Charlemagne Peralte The City of Charlemagne Peralte
Hinche Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 19°9′0″N 72°1′0″W / 19.15000°N 72.01667°W / 19.15000; -72.01667
Country	Haiti
Department	Centre
Arrondissement	Hinche
Founded in	1704
Government
• Mayor	Jonel Jean-Baptiste[1]
Elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Population  (7 August 2003)[2]
• Commune	102,745
• Metro	50,000
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)

Hinche (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃ʃ]; Haitian Creole: Ench; Spanish: Hincha) is a commune in the Centre department of Haiti. It has a population of about 50,000. It is the capital of the Centre department. Hinche is the hometown of Charlemagne Péralte, the Haitian nationalist leader who resisted the United States occupation of Haiti that lasted between 1915–1934.