Acul-du-Nord
  • Akil dinò
Commune
Acul-du-Nord is located in Haiti
Acul-du-Nord
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
CountryHaiti
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementAcul-du-Nord
Area
 • Total186.37 km2 (71.96 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (March, 2015)[1]
 • Total55,908
 • Density300/km2 (800/sq mi)
Communal sections6

Acul-du-Nord (Haitian Creole: Akil dinò) is a commune in the Acul-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti.

History

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]

Communal sections

The commune consists of six communal sections, namely:

References

  1. ^ "Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Haiti candidates denounce election". Al Jazeera. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Haiti - Reconstruction : Inauguration of the new Court of Peace of Acul-du-Nord". Haiti Libre. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2023.


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