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Departments of Haiti

First-level administrative territorial entity of Haiti

Summary

First-level administrative territorial entity of Haiti

In the administrative divisions of Haiti, the department (, ; ) is the first of four levels of government. Haiti is divided administratively into ten departments, which are further subdivided into 42 arrondissements, 145 communes, and 571 communal sections.

In 2014, there was a proposal by the Chamber of Deputies to increase the number of departments from 10 to 14 —perhaps as high as 16.

Administration

Each departement has a departmental council (conseil départemental) compound of three members elected by the departmental assembly for a 4-year term. The departmental council is led by a president (président). The council is the executive organ of the department.

Each department has a departmental assembly who assists the council in its work. The departmental assembly is the deliberative organ of the department. The members of the departmental assembly are also elected for 4 years. The departmental assembly is led by a president.

History

Three Departments have roots in the former French colony of Saint-Domingue, namely: the Nord, Sud, and Ouest. In 1801, under Governor-General Toussaint Louverture, the "provinces," became known as departments. The departement of l'Artibonite was known as departement of Louverture.

Under the administration of Dessalines the country was administrated by military divisions.

In 1821, Artibonite was created and in 1844, Nord-Ouest, both derived out of the Nord and Ouest departments. In 1962 during the reign of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, four new departments were created out of a territorial redistribution. These departments were: Centre, Grand'Anse, Nord-Ouest and Sud-Est. In 2003, a tenth department was created out of Grand'Anse, called Nippes.

In the 1990s, before the creation of Nippes, the dixième département was a phrase commonly used in regards to the Haitian diaspora. Since then, the phrase onzième département was soon adopted to describe the diaspora.

Demographics

Data based on 2015 estimates from the Haitian government.

Map	Department	Capital	Density
(Pop./km2)	Planning
Region
1	Artibonite	Gonaïves	350	Central
2	Centre	Hinche	210	Central
3	Grand'Anse	Jérémie	240	South
4	Nippes	Miragoâne	270	South
5	Nord	Cap-Haïtien	500	North
6	Nord-Est	Fort-Liberté	240	North
7	Nord-Ouest	Port-de-Paix	350	Central
8	Ouest	Port-au-Prince	810	West
9	Sud-Est	Jacmel	310	West
10	Sud	Les Cayes	290	South

References

(14 August 2015). "Création de cinq nouvelles communes par décret présidentiel". Le Nouvelliste.
(16 August 2015). "Haïti - Politique : 5 nouvelles communes en Haïti". Haiti Libre.
(17 August 2015). "7300.- Divisions territoriales". Haiti-Référence.
(29 September 2014). "Le nouvel ordre géographique et administratif d'Haïti". [[Le Nouvelliste (Haiti).
(1950). "Estadística, Volume 8, Issues 26-29".
(2010). "Literary and Sociopolitical Writings of the Black Diaspora in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries". Lexington Books.
(March 2002). "Organisation Territoriale des Collectivités". Commission nationale a la reforme administrative (CNRA).
(2012). "Historical Dictionary of Haiti". Scarecrow Press.
(March 2015). "Population totale de 18 ans et plus". Institut Haitien de statistque et d'informatique (IHSI).

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