Ouest Department

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Ouest Department
Department
Country	Haiti
Coordinates	18°34′23″N 72°14′24″W / 18.573°N 72.24°W / 18.573; -72.24
Capital	Port-au-Prince
Area	4,827 km2 (1,863.72 sq mi)
Population	3,093,698 (2003 Census)

Ouest (English: West, Haitian Creole: Lwès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of 4,827 square kilometres (1,864 sq mi) and a population of 3,093,698 (2003 Census). It borders the Dominican Republic to the east.

It is the second largest department in Haiti after the Artibonite Department. Gonâve Island is also part of the Ouest Department. The department's stretch of coastline lies entirely in the Gulf of Gonâve.

Arrondissements & Communes

(with 2003 Census populations in parenthesis)

• Arcahaie Arrondissement (166,089)
  • Arcahaie (102,639)
  • Cabaret (63,450)

• Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement (441,563)
  • Cornillon (48,934)
  • Croix-des-Bouquets (229,127)
  • Fonds-Verettes (40,224)
  • Ganthier (71,261)
  • Thomazeau (52,017)

• La Gonâve Arrondissement (75,548)
  • Anse-à-Galets (52,662)
  • Pointe-à-Raquette (22,886)

• Léogâne Arrondissement (300,982)
  • Grand-Goâve (49,288)
  • Léogâne (134,190)
  • Petit-Goâve (134,190)

• Port-au-Prince Arrondissement (2,109,516)
  • Carrefour (373,916)
  • Cité Soleil ^×
  • Delmas (679,650)
  • Gressier (25,947)
  • Kenscoff (42,175)
  • Pétionville (283,052)
  • Tabarre ^×
  • Port-au-Prince (704,776)

• ^× — The communes of Cité Soleil and Tabarre are newly constituted, and did not exist at the time of the 2003 Census

History

2010 7.0 Earthquake

Shake map of 2010 Haiti earthquake

On 12 January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck in the department, the largest in Haiti in two centuries.^[1] In the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, many areas suffered damage.^[2] In the Léogâne Arrondissement, the city of Léogane suffered 80-90% destruction.^[3] Other places in Léogâne were also affected.

Mass emigration to

Absolute poverty levels in the Ouest department are the lowest in the country^[4] and Haiti's few public schools are located in Port-au-Prince.^[5]

References

v t e Departments, arrondissements and communes of Haiti Artibonite Department Dessalines Arrondissement Desdunes Dessalines Grande Saline Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite Gonaïves Arrondissement Ennery Estère Gonaïves Gros-Morne Arrondissement Anse-Rouge Gros-Morne Terre-Neuve Marmelade Arrondissement Marmelade Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye Saint-Marc Arrondissement La Chapelle Saint-Marc Verrettes Centre Department Cerca La Source Arrondissement Cerca-la-Source Thomassique Hinche Arrondissement Cerca-Cavajal Hinche Maïssade Thomonde Lascahobas Arrondissement Belladère Lascahobas Savanette Mirebalais Arrondissement Boucan-Carré Mirebalais Saut-d'Eau Grand'Anse Department Anse d'Hainault Arrondissement Anse-d'Hainault Dame-Marie Les Irois Corail Arrondissement Beaumont Corail Pestel Roseaux Jérémie Arrondissement Abricots Bonbon Chambellan Jérémie Moron Nippes Department Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement Anse-à-Veau L'Asile Baradères Petit-Trou-de-Nippes Miragoâne Arrondissement Miragoâne Petite-Rivière-de-Nippes Nord Department Acul du Nord Arrondissement Acul-du-Nord Milot Plaine-du-Nord Borgne Arrondissement Borgne Port-Margot Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement Cap-Haïtien Limonade Quartier-Morin Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement Bahon Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Limbé Arrondissement Bas-Limbé Limbé Plaissance Arrondissement Pilate Plaisance Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement Dondon La Victoire Pignon Ranquitte Saint-Raphaël Nord-Est Department Fort-Liberté Arrondissement Fort-Liberté Perches Ferrier Ouanaminthe Arrondissement Capotille Mont-Organisé Ouanaminthe Trou-du-Nord Arrondissement Caracol Sainte-Suzanne Terrier-Rouge Trou-du-Nord Vallières Arrondissement Carice Mombin-Crochu Vallières Nord-Ouest Department Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement Baie-de-Henne Bombardopolis Jean-Rabel Môle-Saint-Nicolas Port-de-Paix Arrondissement Bassin-Bleu Chansolme La Tortue Port-de-Paix Saint-Louis du Nord Arrondissement Anse-à-Foleur Saint-Louis-du-Nord Ouest Department Arcahaie Arrondissement Arcahaie Cabaret Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement Cornillon Croix-des-Bouquets Fonds-Verrettes Ganthier Thomazeau La Gonâve Arrondissement Anse-à-Galets Pointe-à-Raquette Léogâne Arrondissement Grand-Goâve Léogâne Petit-Goâve Port-au-Prince Arrondissement Carrefour Delmas Gressier Kenscoff Pétionville Tabarre Cité Soleil Port-au-Prince Sud-Est Department Bainet Arrondissement Bainet Côtes-de-Fer Belle-Anse Arrondissement Anse-à-Pitres Belle-Anse Grand-Gosier Thiotte Jacmel Arrondissement Cayes-Jacmel Jacmel La Vallée Marigot Sud Department Aquin Arrondissement Aquin Cavaellon Saint-Louis-du-Sud Les Cayes Arrondissement Camp-Perrin Les Cayes Chantal Île à Vache Maniche Torbeck Chardonnières Arrondissement Les Anglais Chardonnières Tiburon Côteaux Arrondissement Côteaux Port-à-Piment Roche-à-Bateaux Port-Salut Arrondissement Arniquet Port-Salut Saint-Jean-du-Sud

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