Departments of Haiti

In the administrative divisions of Haiti, the department (French: département d'Haïti, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃ d‿aiti]; Haitian Creole: depatman Ayiti) is the first of four levels of government.

Haiti is divided administratively into ten departments, which are further subdivided into 42 arrondissements, 145 communes, and 571 communal sections.

Three Departments have roots in the former French colony of Saint-Domingue, namely: the Nord, Sud, and Ouest.

[7][8] In 1962 during the reign of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, four new departments were created out of a territorial redistribution.

[8] In the 1990s, before the creation of Nippes, the dixième département was a phrase commonly used in regards to the Haitian diaspora.