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Ranquitte

Ranquitte ( ; ) is a commune in the Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti. It has 18,197 inhabitants. The school in Ranquitte is the Spady-Calhoun school named partly in honor of one of its benefactors, Dr. Steven Spady of Hindman, KY. There is also a Health Clinic on campus there. Both the school and clinic are overseen by a Haitian staff and maintained by Christian Flights International, a non-profit missionary organization that has been sending trips into this area for over 40 years.

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Ranquitte ( ; ) is a commune in the Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti. It has 18,197 inhabitants. The school in Ranquitte is the Spady-Calhoun school named partly in honor of one of its benefactors, Dr. Steven Spady of Hindman, KY. There is also a Health Clinic on campus there. Both the school and clinic are overseen by a Haitian staff and maintained by Christian Flights International, a non-profit missionary organization that has been sending trips into this area for over 40 years.

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  1. population: 18,197 inhabitants — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the population is "18,197 inhabitants". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378578367

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