Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement
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Cap-Haïtien is an arrondissement
Arrondissements of Haiti
||The ten departments of Haiti are divided into 42 arrondissements. The arrondissements are listed below, by department:-Artibonite Department:*Dessalines*Gonaïves*Gros-Morne*Marmelade*Saint-Marc-Centre Department:*Cerca-la-Source*Hinche*Lascahobas...

 in the Nord Department of Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

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It has 240,708 inhabitants.
Postal codes in the Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement start with the number 11.

The arondissement consists of the following municipalities:
  • Cap-Haïtien
    Cap-Haïtien
    Cap-Haïtien is a city of about 190,000 people on the north coast of Haiti and capital of the Department of Nord...

  • Quartier-Morin
    Quartier-Morin
    Quartier-Morin is a municipality in the Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement, in the Nord Department of Haiti.It has 19,241 inhabitants....

  • Limonade
    Limonade
    Limonade is a municipality in the Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement, in the Nord Department of Haiti.It has 69,256 inhabitants. Christopher Columbus and his crew celebrated the first Christmas in the Americas at Limonade in 1492. Limonade is also the city in which François Capois, a renowned hero of the...



Cap-Haïtien(in French) "Alternative names: Cap Haitien,Cap-Francais,Cape Haitien,Cape Haytien,Guarico,Guárico,Kap Ayisyen,Kap-Ait'ene,Le Cap,Ville du Cap-Haitien,Кап-Аитьенеis 海地角",is an arrondissement in the Nord Department of Haiti and also the second important city of the country. Known as the historical and touristic capital of the country. Cap-Haitian was built in 1670 by the french settler Bertrand D'orgeon.It has nearly 250.000 inhabitants.The city is govern by three mayors elected by popular vote every 5 years and also represented National Assembly of Haiti with one member elected every 4 years.Cap-Haitian is divided in 3 arrondissement and 3 municipalities section.

Arrondissement of Cap-Haitien:
1)Commune de Cap-Haïtien
2)Commune de Limonade
3)Commune de Quartier Morin
The 3 municipalities are:
1) The municipality of Cap-Haitian.
2) The municipality of Vertieres
3) The municipality of Madeline
http://www.geohive.com/cntry/haiti.aspx?levels=Nord
http://population.mongabay.com/population/haiti/3728474/cap-haitien
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