Miragoâne ( ht, Miragwàn) is an
arrondissement
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...
in the
Nippes
Nippes ( French) or Nip (Haitian Creole) is one of the ten departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having been split from Grand'Anse in 2003. The ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
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 ...
. As of 2015, the population was 141,826 inhabitants.
Postal codes in the Miragoâne Arrondissement start with the number 74.
The arondissement consists of the following communes:
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Miragoâne
Miragoâne ( ht, Miragwàn) is a coastal commune in western Haiti and the capital of the Nippes department. It is also the headquarters of the Miragoâne Arrondissement. It is regarded as one of the major ports in the trade in used goods. Bales o ...
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Fonds-des-Nègres
Fonds-des-Nègres ( ht, Fondènèg) is a commune in the Miragoâne Arrondissement, in the Nippes department of Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country locate ...
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Paillant
Paillant ( ht, Payan) is a commune in the Miragoâne Arrondissement, in the Nippes department of Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the is ...
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Petite-Rivière-de-Nippes
References
Arrondissements of Haiti
Nippes
{{Arrondissements of Haiti