Acul-du-Nord
Acul-du-Nord
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  Acul-du-Nord Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates: 19°41′0″N 72°19′0″W / 19.68333°N 72.31667°W | |
| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Acul-du-Nord |
| Area | |
• Total | 186.37 km2 (71.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (March, 2015)[1] | |
• Total | 55,908 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| Communal sections | 6 |
Acul-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [akyl dy nɔʁ]; Haitian Creole: Akil dinò) is a commune in the Acul-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti.
History
[edit]In 2010, Acul-du-Nord mayor Patrick Julien announced that elections would be cancelled due to violence, telling Agence France-Presse that "Men armed with machetes ransacked six polling stations".[2]
Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) funded the construction of a new Court of Peace building in the commune.[3]
Communal sections
[edit]The commune consists of six communal sections, namely:
- Camp-Louise, urban (Camp Louise neighborhood) and rural
- Bas de l'Acul, urban (town of Acul du Nord) and rural
- Mornet, rural
- Grande Ravine, rural
- Coupe à David, rural
- La Soufrière, urban (Soufrière neighborhood) and rural
References
[edit]- ^ "Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Haiti candidates denounce election". Al Jazeera. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Haiti - Reconstruction : Inauguration of the new Court of Peace of Acul-du-Nord". Haiti Libre. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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