In the countryside, an hour's drive from Port-au-Prince, many people in Mirebalais have returned to their daily routine.

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These young quake survivors, now living in Mirebalais, look forward to starting classes at their new school.

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Nineteen-year-old Cimeau Cassandra is one of several students from Port-au-Prince whose schools are now closed and who have come to Mirebalais to register for classes.

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Ironically, Mirebalais had one of the best policing and judicial records in Haiti.

ECONOMIST: The wonders of Haitian democracy

Public officials say Mirebalais has become virtually ungovernable.

ECONOMIST: The wonders of Haitian democracy