The administrative divisions of Haiti ( ht, divizyon administratif Ayiti) are concerned with the institutional and territorial organization 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 ...

an territory. There are many administrative divisions which may have political (

local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-lo ...

), electoral (districts), or administrative (decentralized services of the state) objectives.

Administrative divisions

, Haiti is divided into the following: * 4 regions being North, Centre, West, and South. * 10

departments 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, ...

with the possibility to go up to 16. * The departments are subdivided into 42

arrondissements 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'' ...

. * The arrondissements are subdivided into 144

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

. * The communes are subdivided into 65 quarters. * The quarters are subdivided into 571

communal section The communal section (french: section communale, formerly section rurale) is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 144 communes are further divided into 571 communal sections. Operation It is headed by an executive body, the CASE ...

s. Geographically, the ''departments'' are the largest territorial divisions, regrouping into ''arrondissements'' (districts) and ''communes'' (municipalities). The Arrondissement, encompasses a number of communes. While the Commune is composed of the city, neighborhoods and communal sections are basic territorial subdivisions. Quarters are neighborhoods whose status remain vague, and an ill-defined territory.

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