Haiti Departments (original) (raw)

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Updates:

GEC Update 17, dated 2014-09-30, adds the names of the provinces in Haitian Creole.

Haiti observed daylight saving time off and on, starting in 1983. As of 2012, it's on again. Now it's off for 2016.

Nippes department was created in 2003. It was given its codes in FIPS 10-4 Change Notice 11, dated 2006-07-11, and the second edition of ISO 3166-2, dated 2007-12-15.

Country overview:

Short name HAITI
ISO code HT
FIPS code HA
Language French (fr)
Time zone -5
Capital Port-au-Prince

Haiti has been an independent country for the whole of the 20th century, in theory. In actuality, it was under the control of U.S. marines from 1915 to 1934.

Other names of country:

  1. Danish: Haiti
  2. Dutch: Ha�ti, Republiek Ha�ti (formal)
  3. English: Republic of Haiti (formal), Hayti (obsolete)
  4. Finnish: Haiti
  5. French: Ha�ti, R�publique f d'Ha�ti m (formal)
  6. German: Ha�ti, Haiti n
  7. Icelandic: Ha�t�
  8. Italian: Haiti f
  9. Norwegian: Haiti, Republikken Haiti (formal)
  10. Portuguese: Haiti, Rep�blica f do Haiti m (formal)
  11. Russian: Республика Гаити (formal)
  12. Spanish: Hait�, Rep�blica f de Hait� (formal)
  13. Swedish: Haiti
  14. Turkish: Haiti, Haiti Cumhuriyeti (formal)

Origin of name:

Carib, either haiti: mountainous land, or jhaiti: nest

Primary subdivisions:

Haiti is divided into ten d�partements (departments).

Department HASC ISO FIPS Pc Pop-2003 Pop-1982 Area(km.�) Area(mi.�) Capital Formerly
L'Artibonite HT.AR AR HA06 4 1,070,397 732,932 4,887 1,887 Gona�ves L'Artibonite
Centre HT.CE CE HA07 5 565,043 361,470 3,487 1,346 Hinche L'Artibonite, Ouest, Nord
Grand' Anse HT.GR GA HA14 7 337,516 489,957 1,912 738 J�r�mie Sud
Nippes HT.NI NI HA15 266,379 1,267 489 Mirago�ne Sud
Nord HT.ND ND HA09 1 773,546 564,002 2,115 817 Cap-Ha�tien Nord
Nord-Est HT.NE NE HA10 2 300,493 189,573 1,623 627 Fort-Libert� Nord
Nord-Ouest HT.NO NO HA03 3 445,080 293,531 2,103 812 Port-de-Paix Nord-Ouest
Ouest HT.OU OU HA11 6 3,093,698 1,551,792 4,983 1,924 Port-au-Prince Ouest
Sud HT.SD SD HA12 8 627,311 502,624 2,653 1,024 Les Cayes Sud
Sud-Est HT.SE SE HA13 9 449,585 367,911 2,034 785 Jacmel Ouest
10 departments 7,929,048 5,053,792 27,075 10,454
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.ISO: Department codes from ISO standard 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4, a U.S. government standard. Pc: First digit of postal code. Pop-2003: 2003-08-07 census (provisional) Pop-1982: 1982-08-30 census Formerly: Pre-1962 department(s) corresponding to each present-day department

Postal codes:

Haiti uses four-digit postal codes, always prefixed with "HT". The first digit represents the department; the first two, the arrondissement; the first three, the commune.

Further subdivisions:

See the Arrondissements of Haiti page.

The departments are subdivided into arrondissements, which are further subdivided into communes, which in turn are divided into sections communales (communal sections).

Territorial extent:

  1. Grand' Anse includes �le Grande Cayemite.
  2. Nord-Ouest includes �le de la Tortue (Tortuga Island).
  3. Ouest includes �le de la Gon�ve.
  4. Sud includes �le � Vache.

The UN LOCODE page for Haiti lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Origins of names:

  1. L'Artibonite: for the Artibonite River
  2. Grand' Anse: = big cove

Change history:

1962: Haiti reorganized from five departments to nine. Apparently this reorganization was passed into law in 1962, but not implemented until around 1980. Here are data for the old departments:

Department FIPS Pop-1950 Pop-1971 Area(km.�) Capital
L'Artibonite HA01 567,221 765,228 6,800 Gona�ves
Nord HA02 539,049 700,725 4,100 Cap-Ha�tien
Nord-Ouest HA03 168,279 217,489 2,750 Port-de-Paix
Ouest HA04 1,083,069 1,670,140 7,900 Port-au-Prince
Sud HA05 739,602 976,409 6,200 Les Cayes
5 departments 3,097,220 4,329,991 27,750
Pop-1950: 1950-08-07 census Pop-1971: 1971-08-31 census

2003-09-04: Nippes department split from Grand' Anse (former FIPS code HA08, HASC codeHT.GA). It consists of the arrondissements of Mirago�ne and l'Anse-�-Veau, and the new arrondissement of Barad�res.

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. Centre: D�partement du Plateau Central (formal)
  2. Grand' Anse: Grande Anse (variant)
  3. L'Artibonite: Artibonite (variant)

Sources:

  1. [1] Demographic Yearbook , 7th Ed. Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, 1955 (retrieved 2011-08-20).
  2. [2] Profils des Modes de Vie en Ha�ti (in French), dated 2005-09, retrieved 2006-06-13. Has maps showing Nippes department, and population data by commune from the 2003 census.
  3. [3] Map of communes at http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/w/fullMaps\_Am.nsf/0/C7DF7D7B653A6B9085256EBD004F1312/$File/unhcr\_pop\_hti100604.pdf?OpenElement (dead link, retrieved 2005-02-21). Includes a table of populations by department, but doesn't include Nippes in the list. When reconciling sources [2] and [3], one finds a discrepancy: the profile shows one person moved from Ouest department to Nippes.
  4. [4] The electoral decree of 2005-02-03 (retrieved 2005-04-15). says that the department of Nippes was created by a law of 2003-09-04.
  5. [5] A report on the 1995-06-25 elections says, "According to Haiti's electoral system, the country is divided into ten departments: the nine ordinary departments and the department of Nippes, the eastern part of the department of Grand' Anse" (my translation), suggesting that Nippes previously existed in some intermediate status. (http://www.upd.oas.org/lab/Documents/permanent\_council/cp\_doc\_2703\_96\_add\_1\_fre.pdf, retrieved 2005-04-15).
  6. [6] Masson, Jean-Louis. Provinces, D�partements, R�gions. Paris: �ditions Fernand Lanore, 1984.
  7. [7] 1979 Demographic Yearbook , 31st Ed. Statistical Office, United Nations, New York, 1980 (retrieved 2011-12-28).