Acul-du-Nord (Haitian Creole: Akil dinò) is a commune in the Acul-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord departmentofHaiti.
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 / 19.68333; -72.31667 | |
| 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]
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| • Total | 55,908 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| Communal sections | 6 |
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]
The commune consists of six communal sections, namely:
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