Artibonite (department)

Artibonite
Latibonit
Dessalines, Artibonite
Dessalines, Artibonite
Artibonite in Haiti
Artibonite in Haiti
Country Haiti
CapitalGonaïves
RegionArtibonite
SymboleDessalines Coat of Arm
Government
 • TypeDepartmental Council
Area
 • Department
4,986.94 km2 (1,925.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Department
1,727,524
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
 • Urban
739,787
 • Rural
987,737
Time zoneUTC-05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-04:00 (EDT)
ISO 3166 codeHT-AR
HDI (2017)0.469[2]
low · 7th

Artibonite (French pronunciation: [aʁtibɔnit]; Haitian Creole: Latibonit) is one of the ten departments of Haiti located in central Haiti. With an area of 4,887 km2 it is Haiti's largest department. As of 2015, its estimated population was 1,727,524.[3] The region is the country's main rice-growing area. The main cities are Gonaïves (the capital) and Saint-Marc. In February 2004 an insurgency tried unsuccessfully to declare Artibonite's independence.

  1. ^ "Estimated Pop Total 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "POPULATION TOTALE, POPULATION DE 18 ANS ET PLUS MÉNAGES ET DENSITÉS ESTIMÉS EN 2015" (PDF). IHSI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 22 Mar 2017.

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