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Mouillage Fouquet
Mouillage Fouquet is a rural settlement in the Aquin commune of the Aquin Arrondissement Aquin ( ht, Aken) is an arrondissement in the Sud Department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 217,827 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Aquin Arrondissement start with the number 83. It contains the following communes: * Aquin * Cavaill ..., in the Sud department of Haiti. References Populated places in Sud (department) {{Haiti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. To its south-west lies the small Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration."Haiti" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Haiti is in size, the third largest country in the Caribbean by area, and has an estimated population of 11.4 million, making it the most populous country in the Caribb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Haiti
In the administrative divisions of Haiti, the department (french: département d'Haïti, ; ht, 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sud (department)
Sud ( French) or Sid (Haitian Creole; both meaning "South") is one of the ten departments of Haiti and located in southern Haiti. It has an area of and a population of 774,976. Its capital is Les Cayes. History Taino Period The department was part of the Xaragua kingdom. The area of Aquin was known as Yakimo a Taino settlement. The island of Vache was named Anigua. Spanish Period The area of Les Cayes was a Spanish settlement known as Salvatierra de la Sabana or Land Saved from the Water or Sea. French Period Much like the N-O, the South Department was a pirate hub with famous pirates such as Henri Morgan and many more hiding their loot on the multitude of islands from Grosse Cayes to Isle-à-Vache. Haitian Revolution The South, in general, was Rigaudin since was under the control of André Rigaud until it definitely switches the hand of Toussaint and the Louverturien. This conflict is known as the Haitian War of Knives opposing two political and economical groups in Haiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissements Of Haiti
An ''arrondissement'' (; ht, awondisman) is a level of administrative division in Haiti. , the 10 departments of Haiti were divided into 42 arrondissements. Arrondissements are further divided into communes and communal sections. The term arrondissement can be roughly translated into English as district. A more etymologically precise, but less allegorical, definition would be encirclements, from the French ''arrondir'', to encircle. 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: List References External linksCode Postal Haitien ...
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Aquin Arrondissement
Aquin ( ht, Aken) is an arrondissement in the Sud Department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 217,827 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Aquin Arrondissement start with the number 83. It contains the following communes: * Aquin * Cavaillon Cavaillon (; Provençal: ''Cavalhon'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquin
Aquin (; ht, Aken) is a commune in the Aquin Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. It is a port on the south coast of the Tiburon Peninsula The Tiburon Peninsula (french: Péninsule de Tiburon), or The Xaragua Peninsula, simply "the Tiburon" (''le Tiburon''), is a region of Haiti encompassing most of Haiti's southern coast. It starts roughly at the southernmost point of the Haiti-D .... It had 104,216 inhabitants in 2015, up from 1,799 in 1950.Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer, p. 86 Settlements References Populated places in Sud (department) Communes of Haiti Port cities in the Caribbean {{Haiti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communes Of Haiti
The Commune (administrative division), commune () is the third-level divisions of Haiti. The 10 Departments of Haiti, departments have 42 Arrondissements of Haiti, arrondissements, which are divided into 144 communes and then into 571 communal sections. Communes are roughly equivalent to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities. Administration Each Commune (administrative division), commune has a municipal council (''conseil municipal'') compound of three members elected by the inhabitants of the commune for a 4-year Term of office, term. The municipal council is led by a President (government title)#Sub-national, president often called ''mayor''. Each commune has a Municipal assembly (Haiti), municipal assembly (''assemblée municipale'') who assists the council in its work. The members of the assembly are also elected for 4 years. Each commune is ruled by a municipality. List Artibonite (department), Artibonite *Dessalines Arrondissement **Dessalines **D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
