Sud (department)

Sud (Haitian Creole: Sid, English: South) is one of the ten departments of 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.

Sud, Haiti

Sid
Sud in Haiti
CountryHaiti
CapitalLes Cayes
Government
  TypeDepartmental Council
Area
  Department2,653.60 km2 (1,024.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
  Department774,976
  Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
  Urban
176,485
  Rural
598,491
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern)
ISO 3166 codeHT-SD
HDI (2017)0.495[2]
low · 3rd

Overview

A significant part of the population in this department is of mixed race, people of Arab descent and from the Indian subcontinent. These shttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sud_(department)&action=editouthern parts of Haiti are where many resident Europeans descended to during tense political turmoil and, in more recent years, have returned and settled alongside black Haitians. Nowadays, this area of the country has become one of the most racially diverse (excluding Port-au-Prince).

Administrative divisions

The Department of Sud is subdivided into five arrondissements, which are further subdivided into nineteen communes.

Les Cayes, Haiti

References

  1. http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf
  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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