Saint-Raphaël ( ht, Sen Rafayèl) 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
Nord
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department 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 s ...
. As of 2015, the population was 169,867 inhabitants.
Postal codes in the Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement start with the number 14.
Communes
The arrondissement consists of the following communes:
* Dondon
* La Victoire, Haiti, La Victoire
* Pignon
* Ranquitte
* Saint-Raphaël, Haiti, Saint-Raphaël
History
In the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, food had become short in supply. On 31 January 2010, a food shipment sent through the Pignon Airport, for an orphanage in the commune of Pignon, was looted just after leaving the airport gates. A negotiation between aide shippers and the local mayor lead to a partitioning of food aide between the orphanage and the rest of the population.
[New York Times]
"Volunteers Fly Supplies Into Hard-to-Reach Areas"
Shaila Dewan, ''4 February 2010'' (accessed 4 February 2010)
References
Arrondissements of Haiti
Nord (Haitian department)
{{Arrondissements of Haiti