An arrondissement of Haiti (French: arrondissement d'Haïti, pronounced [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃ d‿aiti]; Haitian Creole: awondisman Ayiti) is a level of administrative division in Haiti.
As of 2015, the 10 departments of Haiti were divided into 42 arrondissements.[1]
Arrondissements are further divided into communes and communal sections.
The term arrondissement can be roughly translated into English as district.[2] A more etymologically precise, but less allegorical, definition would be encirclements, from the French arrondir, to encircle.[3] Because no single translation adequately conveys the layered sense of the word, the French term is usually used in English writing.
The Arrondissements are listed below, by department:
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Arrondissements of Haiti
List
Artibonite
- Dessalines
- Gonaïves
- Gros-Morne
- Marmelade
- Saint-Marc
Centre
- Cerca-la-Source
- Hinche
- Lascahobas
- Mirebalais
Grand'Anse
- Anse d'Hainault
- Corail
- Jérémie
Nippes
- Anse-à-Veau
- Baradères
- Miragoâne
Nord
- Acul-du-Nord
- Borgne
- Cap-Haïtien
- Grande-Rivière-du-Nord
- Limbé
- Plaisance
- Saint-Raphaël
Nord-Est
- Fort-Liberté
- Ouanaminthe
- Trou-du-Nord
- Vallières
Nord-Ouest
- Môle-Saint-Nicholas
- Port-de-Paix
- Saint-Louis-du-Nord
Ouest
- Arcahaie
- Croix-des-Bouquets
- Gonâve (island)
- Léogâne
- Port-au-Prince
Sud-Est
- Bainet
- Belle-Anse
- Jacmel
Sud
- Aquin
- Les Cayes
- Chardonnières
- Côteaux
- Port-Salut
References
- ^ "Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ André de Laubadère, Jean-Claude Vénézia, Yves Gaudemet, Traité de droit administratif, 12th edition, LGDJ, 1992, vol. 1, nr 168-169
- ^ CNRTL - arrondissement (definition)
External links
See also
- Haiti
- Departments of Haiti
- Communes of Haiti