Saint-Marc (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁk]; Haitian Creole: Sen Mak) is a commune in western Haiti in Artibonite departement.

Reasons for this may include its location away from volatile and congested Port-au-Prince as well as its central location relative to a large group of Haitian cities including Cap-Haïtien, Carrefour, Delmas, Fort-Liberté, Gonaïves, Hinche, Limbe, Pétion-Ville, Port-de-Paix, and Verrettes.

[2] The town is located on flat land close to the sea but its edges extend into the foothills.

Recent development projects have been underway in St. Marc, with assistance and funding from USAID and IOM.

They include: grading and paving roads, implementing a sewage/drainage system and providing access to potable water at various points throughout the larger town.

[3][4] The way to get from the capital of Port-au-Prince through St. Marc is by means of Route Nationale # 1 (Haiti Highway 1), which extends all the way up to the coastal towns of Montrouis and Gonaïves, before reaching its terminus at the northern port of Cap-Haïtien.

The most prevalent mode of transportation is the motorcycle (mobylette), due to the inexpensive maintenance and low gas consumption.

Popular ‘RapKreyol’ artists include BC (Barikad Crew), Skwardy, Izolan, Fantom.

A significant amount of produce is grown locally, specifically bananas, plantains, mangoes, cherries, corn, manioc, rice, and tomatoes.

A dish very specific to St. Marc consists of white rice with, beans sauce, and crab/goat meat mixed in, or both stuffed in lavish edible leaves named "Lalo" in Haitian Creole.

Other dishes include bananne pesée (fried plantains, called "bannann peze" in Haitian Creole) which are accompanied with pikliz, a spicy slaw mixture that consists of finely sliced carrots, cabbage, onions or shallots, and peppers.

″Riz au lait″ is a common dessert, essentially a rice pudding made with cinnamon, milk, sugar, and butter.

Roman Catholicism was brought by the French colonists who settled Saint-Domingue; missionary priests and others worked to convert enslaved Africans.

Vodou is more strongly rooted in the rural areas, and this population is more reluctant to accept Western medicine.

Saint Marc currently has two soccer teams playing in the Haitian professional football league Ligue Haïtienne.

There are also a multitude of street sellers who carry baskets of goods or candy on their heads, as well as selling canned milk to passers-by.

St. Marc markets are open daily, featuring almost any type of fruit or vegetable grown locally.

As charcoal is used for much of the cooking in St. Marc and throughout Haiti in general, it is manufactured locally and supports a large work force.

Aside from the charcoal market, St. Marc's economics revolve a great deal around agricultural products produced in the area.

The Boulevard area houses a large flea market, with a variety of mostly second-hand items sold, including clothing, electronic equipment, shoes, toys, bicycles, etc.

These include: pharmacies that sell medicinal products, open-air markets (marché) that sell food and many other types of goods, bakeries with wheat and cassava bread and various sweet baked goods, convenience stores, and magazins or specialty shops for such items as fabric, hardware, beauty salons and car parts.

Some observers think the struggle for survival for most families works against joint goals for the city and nation.

On the east end of the beach, walking out to chest -high water brings you to a dramatic drop-off, a wall going down hundreds of meters.