Gonaïves () is an
arrondissement
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissem ...
in the
Artibonite department of
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
.
It has 263,858 inhabitants.
[''Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique'' (IHSI), 7 August 2003.]
Postal codes in the Gonaïves Arrondissement start with the number 41.
The arrondissement consists of the following municipalities:
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Gonaïves
Gonaïves (; also Les Gonaïves; , ) is a commune in northern Haiti, and the capital of the Artibonite department of Haiti. The population was 356,324 at the 2015 census.
History
The city of Gonaïves was founded around 1422 by a group of T ...
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Ennery
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L'Estère
L'Estère (; ) is a commune in the Gonaïves Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti.
It has 3,000 inhabitants. This historical city of 3,000 inhabitants is where the famous battle of the Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revo ...
References
Arrondissements of Haiti
Artibonite (department)
{{Arrondissements of Haiti