Sud (department)

Sud (English: South) is one of the ten departments (French: départments, singular départment) of Haiti. Its capital is Les Cayes. Geography The Départment du Sud has an area of 2,794 km². It is bordered to the north by the Grand'Anse and Nippes departments, to the east by the Sud-Est Department and by the Caribbean Sea to the west and south. The Massiff de la Hotte, an important Haitian mountain range, runs from west to east along the centre of the department. Because of this, rivers here are short; some of them are Acul du Sud, Torbeck, Ravine du Sud, de l'Ilet, Cavaillon, des Anglais, Port à Piment, Saut Mathurine, de Tiburon. Population The department had, in the 2003 census, a population of 621,651 persons: 312,729 men and 308.922 women, with only 109,623 (17.63%) living in cities and towns. Administrative division The department is divided into five arrondissements (like districts) and 18 communes (like municipalities). The "arrondissements" and their "communes" are: Aquin Aquin Cavaillon Saint-Louis-du-Sud Les Cayes Les Cayes Camp-Perrin Chantal Maniche Île-à-Vache Torbeck Les Chardonnières Les Chardonnières Les Anglais Tiburon Les Côteaux Les Côteaux Port-à-Piment Roche-à-Bateau Port-Salut Port-Salut Arniquet Saint-Jean-du-Sud References