Anarrondissement (pronounced [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]; Haitian Creole: awondisman) is a level of administrative division in Haiti.
As of 2015[update], the 10 departments of Haiti were divided into 42 arrondissements.[1]
Arrondissements are further divided into communes and communal sections.
The term arrondissement can be roughly translated into English as district.[2] A more etymologically precise, but less allegorical, definition would be encirclements, from the French arrondir, to encircle.[3] Because no single translation adequately conveys the layered sense of the word, the French term is usually used in English writing.
The Arrondissements are listed below, by department:
| Department | Arrondissement | Name in Haitian Creole |
Area (in km2) |
Population (2015) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artibonite | Dessalines | Desalin | 1,132.46 | 375,499 |
| Gonaïves | Gonayiv | 966.71 | 263,858 | |
| Gros-Morne | Gwo Mòn | 1,008.21 | 209,471 | |
| Marmelade | Mamlad | 722.68 | 120,193 | |
| Saint-Marc | Sen Mak | 1,056.88 | 268,499 | |
| Centre | Cerca-la-Source | Sèka Lasous | 607.01 | 119,756 |
| Hinche | Ench | 1,393.33 | 264,963 | |
| Lascahobas | Laskawobas | 623.16 | 168,685 | |
| Mirebalais | Mibalè | 863.91 | 192,852 | |
| Grand'Anse | Anse d'Hainault | Ansdeno | 326.52 | 98,522 |
| Corail | Koray | 767.43 | 131,561 | |
| Jérémie | Jeremi | 818.02 | 238,218 | |
| Nippes | Anse-à-Veau | Ansavo | 595.50 | 153,639 |
| Baradères | Baradè | 237.20 | 47,060 | |
| Miragoâne | Miragwàn | 435.07 | 141,826 | |
| Nord | Acul-du-Nord | Akil dinò | 358.70 | 129,155 |
| Borgne | Obòy | 327.28 | 116,800 | |
| Cap-Haïtien | Kap Ayisyen | 245.76 | 356,908 | |
| Grande-Rivière-du-Nord | Grann Rivyè dinò | 204.53 | 64,613 | |
| Limbé | Lenbe | 178.74 | 106,201 | |
| Plaisance | Plezans | 242.32 | 123,633 | |
| Saint-Raphaël | Sen Rafayèl | 557.58 | 169,867 | |
| Nord-Est | Fort-Liberté | Fòlibète | 349.92 | 60,632 |
| Ouanaminthe | Wanament | 362.24 | 146,484 | |
| Trou-du-Nord | Twou dinò | 504.83 | 115,000 | |
| Vallières | Valyè | 405.94 | 71,581 | |
| Nord-Ouest | Môle-Saint-Nicolas | Mòl Sen Nikola | 1,115.43 | 245,590 |
| Port-de-Paix | Podpè | 799.71 | 336,650 | |
| Saint-Louis-du-Nord | Sen Lwi dinò | 187.74 | 146,567 | |
| Ouest | Arcahaie | Lakayè | 611.09 | 198,551 |
| Croix-des-Bouquets | Kwadèbouke | 1,930.17 | 474,806 | |
| Gonâve | Gonav | 689.62 | 87,077 | |
| Léogâne | Leyogàn | 1,015.90 | 509,280 | |
| Port-au-Prince | Pòtoprens | 735.78 | 2,759,991 | |
| Sud | Aquin | Aken | 1,039.27 | 217,827 |
| Chardonnières | Chadonyè | 382.29 | 78,410 | |
| Côteaux | Koto | 181.18 | 58,618 | |
| Les Cayes | Okay | 873.49 | 346,276 | |
| Port-Salut | Pòsali | 177.37 | 73,845 | |
| Sud-Est | Bainet | Benè | 462.63 | 135,792 |
| Belle-Anse | Bèlans | 776.70 | 158,081 | |
| Jacmel | Jakmèl | 794.77 | 338,728 |