In the (administrative divisions of Haiti), the department (French: département d'Haïti, pronounced ; (Haitian Creole): depatman Ayiti) 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 (conseil départemental) compound of three members elected by the departmental assembly for a 4-year (term). The departmental council is led by a (président). The council is the executive organ of the department.
Each department has a 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 | Area (km2) | Population | Density (Pop./km2) | Planning Region |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | (Artibonite) | (Gonaïves) | 4,987 | 1,727,524 | 350 | Central |
2 | (Centre) | (Hinche) | 3,487 | 746,236 | 210 | Central |
3 | (Grand'Anse) | (Jérémie) | 1,912 | 468,301 | 240 | South |
4 | (Nippes) | (Miragoâne) | 1,268 | 342,525 | 270 | South |
5 | (Nord) | (Cap-Haïtien) | 2,115 | 1,067,177 | 500 | North |
6 | (Nord-Est) | (Fort-Liberté) | 1,623 | 393,967 | 240 | North |
7 | (Nord-Ouest) | (Port-de-Paix) | 2,103 | 728,807 | 350 | Central |
8 | (Ouest) | (Port-au-Prince) | 4,983 | 4,029,705 | 810 | West |
9 | (Sud-Est) | (Jacmel) | 2,034 | 632,601 | 310 | West |
10 | (Sud) | (Les Cayes) | 2,654 | 774,976 | 290 | South |
See also
- (ISO 3166-2:HT)
- (Haiti)
- (Arrondissements of Haiti)
- (Communes of Haiti)
- (List of departments of Haiti by Human Development Index)
- (List of Caribbean First-level Subdivisions by Total Area)
References
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- Press, ed. (16 August 2015). "Haïti - Politique : 5 nouvelles communes en Haïti". Haiti Libre. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- "7300.- Divisions territoriales" (in French). Haiti-Référence. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- (Duval, Frantz) (29 September 2014). "Le nouvel ordre géographique et administratif d'Haïti" (in French). (Le Nouvelliste). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- Press, ed. (1950). "Estadística, Volume 8, Issues 26-29". p. 207. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- Kersuze, Simeon-Jones, ed. (2010). Literary and Sociopolitical Writings of the Black Diaspora in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Lexington Books. p. 16. (ISBN) . Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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- (PDF) (in French). Institut Haitien de statistque et d'informatique (IHSI). March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
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