Departments of Haiti

Haiti is divided into ten departments . Each department is subdivided in districts. These departments draw their origin from the three “provinces” of colonial Saint-Domingue, that is to say North, the South, and the West. Under All Saints' day Louverture, the provinces become departments, which themselves were cut out in new departments with the passing of years.

Department of the Artibonite (1)

Chief town: Gonaïves

Geographical division

The department of Artibonite is divided into 5 Arrondissements and 15 Communes :

Dessalines (4 communes):
# Dessalines
# Desdunes
# Large-Saltworks
# Small-River-in-the Artibonite.
Gonaïves (3 communes):
# Gonaïves
# Ennery
# Large-Dull Estère
(3 communes):
#
# Handle-Red
# Newfoundland)
Marmalade (2 communes):
# Marmalade
# Saint-Michel-in-the Attalaye)
Saint-Marc (3 communes):
# Saint-Marc
# Verrettes
# the Vault

Historical places

Gonaïves , the city of Independence
the Gully-with-Grass snake : place of the famous combat between All Saints' day Louverture and the French troops ordered by Rochambeau.
Small-River-in-the Artibonite : place or Henry Christophe built his Palate with the 365 doors.
Peak-with-Pierrot : place of glorious fierce combats between the indigenous troops and the French troops.
the Dwelling Georges : place of the arrest of All Saints' day Louverture.
Dessalines ( Commercial ): Capital of the first Empire
With the Old Vat : place close to Large-Saltworks where All Saints' day Louverture beat the Colonel Brisbane in December 1794.

Department of the Center (2)

Chief town: Hinche

Geographical division

The department of the Center is divided into 4 Arrondissements and 12 Communes :

Cerca-the-Source (2 communes):
# Cerca-the-Source
# Thomassique
Hinche (4 communes):
# Hinche
# Cerca-Cavajal
# Maïssade
# Thomonde
Lascahobas (3 communes):
# Lascahobas
# Belladère
# Savanette
Mirebalais (3 communes):
# Mirebalais
# City-Happiness (Jump-in Eau)
# Din-Square

Historical places

Hinche: Old Spanish territory.
Mirbalais and Lascahobas: Place of bloody combat of All Saints' day Louverture against the English who supplied themselves in the Central Plate (1795).

Department of the Grand' Handle (3)

Chief town: Jérémie

Geographical division

The department of Grand' Anse is divided into 3 Arrondissements and 12 Communes :

Handle-in Ainault (3 communes):
# Handle-in Ainault
# Lady-Marie
# Les-Irois
Coral (4 communes):
# Coral
# Reeds
# Beaumont
# Pestel
Jérémie (5 communes):
# Jérémie
# Apricots
# Hole-Candy
# Moron
# Chamberlain

Historical places

Strong Marfrac , close to Jérémie, was built to defend Haiti against a possible return of the French.
the Dwelling Latibolière : place or was born famous Général Alexandre Dumas, Père.

Department of the Nippes (4)

Chief town: Miragoâne

Geographical division

The department of Nippes was created in 2003 on the oriental party of the department of the Grand' Anse. It is divided into 3 Arrondissements and 11 Communes :

Miragoâne (4 communes):
# Miragoâne
# Small-River-of-Nippes
# Bottom-of-Negros
# Mulching
Handle-with-Calf (5 communes):
# Handle-with-Calf
# Asylum
# Small-Hole-of-Nippes
# Pleasure
# Arnaud
Barradères (2 communes):
# Barradères
# Great Din

Department of the Northern (5)

Chief town: Cape-Haitian

Geographical division

The department of North is divided into 7 Arrondissements and 19 Communes :

Acul of North (3 communes):
# Acul-of-North
# Plain-of-North
# Milot
(2 communes):
#
# Port-Margot
Cape-Haitian (3 communes):
# Cape-Haitian
# Lemonade
# District-Morin
Large-River (2 communes):
# Large-River
# Bahon
Limb (2 communes):
# Limb
# Low-Limb
Pleasure (2 communes):
# Pleasure
# Pilate
Saint-Raphaël (5 communes):
# Saint-Raphaël
# Lump of a woman
# Ranquitte
# Pinion
# the Victoire

History places

Cape-Haitian : founded in 1670 per Bertrand d' Orgeron and called Paris of Saint-Domingue.
Bréda , High-of-Cape : birthplace of All Saints' day Louverture
Vertières : Site of the Heroes of independence. Jean-Jacques Dessalines gained the victory définitve there known French, on November 18th, 1803.
the Citadel Christophe : on the top of Bonnet-with-LÉvêque, of King Henri Ist
Milot is the brilliant work: place of residence preferred of Henri Christophe (with the foot of the Citadel).

Department of the North-eastern (6)

Chief town: Extremely-Freedom

Geographical division

The department of the North-East is divided into 4 Arrondissements and 13 Communes :

Extremely-Freedom (3 communes):
# Extremely-Freedom
# Poles
# Ferrier
Ouanaminthe (3 communes):
# Ouanaminthe
# Capotille
# Mount-Organized
Hole-of-North (4 communes):
# Hole-of-North
# Caracol
#
# Burrow-Red
Vallières (3 communes):
# Vallières
# Mombin-Hooked Carice
#

Department of the North-western (7)

Chief town: Port-of-Peace

Geographical division

The department of the North-western is divided into 3 Arrondissements and 10 Communes :

Mole-Saint-Nicolas (4 communes):
# Mole Saint Nicolas's Day
# Bay-with-Henne
# Bombardopolis
# Jean-Rabel)
Port-of-Peace (4 communes):
# Port-of-Peace
# Basin-Blue
# Chansolme
# the Tortoise)
Saint-Louis-of-North (2 communes):
# Saint-Louis of North
# Handle-with-Foleur)

Department of the Western (8)

Port-au-Prince

Geographical division

The department of the Western is divided into 5 Arrondissements and 20 Communes :

Arcahaie (2 communes):
# Arcahaie
# Cabaret
Cross-of-Bouquets (5 communes):
# Cross-of-Bouquets
# Ganthier, Thomazeau
# Cornillon
# Bottoms-Verettes
Gonâve (2 communes):
# Handle-with-Rollers
# Point-with-Racket
Léogâne (3 communes):
# Small-Goâve Léogâne
#
# Large Goâve)
Port-au-Prince (8 communes):
# Port-au-Prince
# Crossroads
# Delmas
# Pétionville
# Kenscoff
# Quoted Sun
# Gressier
# Tabarre

Department of the Southern (9)

Chief town: Cayes

Geographical division

The department of the South is divided into 5 Arrondissements and 18 Communes :

Aquin (3 communes):
# Aquin
# Cavaillon
# Saint-Louis-of-South
Cayes (6 communes):
# Cayes
# Camp-Perrin
# Chantal
# Maniche
# the Island-with-Cow
# Torbeck
Chardonnières (3 communes):
# Chardonnières
# City of the English
# Tiburon
the Slopes (3 communes):
# the Slopes
# Port-with-Pepper
# Rock-with-Boat
Port-Salut cheese (3 communes):
# Port-Salut cheese
# Arniquet
# Saint-Jean-of-South

La area extending between Port-Salut cheese and Tiburon is known under the name of the Southern part.

Department of the South-eastern (10)

Chief town: Jacmel

Geographical division

The department of South-east is divided into 3 Arrondissements and 10 Communes :

Bainet (2 communes):
# Bainet
# Coast-of-Iron
Beautiful Handle (4 communes):
# Beautiful-Handle
# Large-Gosier Handle-with-Clown
#
# Thiotte
Jacmel (4 communes):
# Jacmel
# Cayes-Jacmel
# Backwater
# Valley-of-Jacmel

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