Sud (department)

Sud
Sid
Port Salut
Port Salut
Sud in Haiti
Sud in Haiti
CountryHaiti
CapitalLes Cayes
RegionThe Tiburon Peninsula
SymboleZombia antillarum and tower
Government
 • TypeDepartmental Council
Area
 • Department
2,653.60 km2 (1,024.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Department
774,976
 • Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
 • Urban
176,485
 • Rural
598,491
Time zoneUTC-05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-04:00 (EDT)
ISO 3166 codeHT-SD
HDI (2017)0.495[2]
low · 3rd

Sud (French, pronounced [syd] ) or Sid (Haitian Creole; both meaning "South") is one of the ten departments of Haiti and located in southern Haiti. It has an area of 2,653.60 square kilometres (1,024.56 sq mi) and a population of 774,976.[3] Its capital is Les Cayes.

  1. ^ "ihsi.ht" (PDF). www.ihsi.ht.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "IHSI" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique.

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