Nord (Haitian department)

**Nord** (English: _North_) is one of the ten departments (French: _départments_, singular _départment_) of Haiti. After the Haitian Revolution, the country was divided into only three departments: Nord, Ouest and Sud. The Nord-Est and Nord-Ouest departments were part of the Nord department.

Its capital and largest city is Cap-Haïtien, founded in 1670 by Bertrand d'Orgeron and the old capital city of _Saint-Domingue_. It had the nickname of _Paris of Saint-Domingue_.

## Geography

The _Départment du Nord_ has an area of 2,106 km². It is bordered to the northwest by the Nord-Ouest Department, to the east by the Nord-Est Department, to the southeast by the Centre Department and to the west by the Artibonite Department. The Atlantic Ocean is to the north.

The main rivers of the department are Grande Rivière du Nord, Haut du Cap and Limbé. The rivers Trois-Rivières and Bouyaha have their sources in this department. All these rivers, except Bouyaha that is a tributary of the river Artibonite, flow to the north, into the Atlantic Ocean.

The _Massif du Nord_ mountain range, known in the Dominican Republic as _Cordillera Central_, runs from the northwest to the southeast along the southern half of the department. This Massif du Nord is formed by several chains and the most important, in this department, are the _Chaine de la Grande Rivière du Nord_ and the 'Chaine de Saint Raphael_.

The _Pleine du Nord_ (in English, "Northern Plain") is in the northern half of the department.

## Population

The department had, in the 2003 census, a population of 823,043 persons: 393,547 men and 429,496 women, with 325,318 (39.53%) living in cities and towns.

## Administrative division

The department is divided into seven _arrondissements_ (like districts) and 19 _communes'' (like municipalities). The "arrondissements" and their "communes" are:
1. Acul-du-Nord
    1. Acul-du-Nord
    1. Milot
    1. Plaine-du-Nord
1. Borgne
    1. Borgne
    1. Port-Margot
1. Cap-Haïtien
    1. Cap-Haïtien
    1. Limonade
    1. Quartier-Morin
1. Grand-Rivière du Nord
    1. Grande-Rivière-du-Nord
    1. Bahon
1. Limbé
    1. Limbé
    1. Bas-Limbé
1. Plaissance
    1. Plaisance
    1. Pilate
1. Saint-Raphaël
    1. Saint-Raphaël
    1. Dondon
    1. La Victoire
    1. Pignon
    1. Ranquitte

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Nord
- **settlement type**: Departments of Haiti, Department
- **native name**: Nò
- **native name lang**: ht
- **image skyline**: Gfp-looking-at-the-horizon.jpg
- **imagesize**: 300px
- **image caption**: :es:La Belle Mère, La Belle Mère
- **image map**: Nord in Haiti.svg
- **map caption**: Nord in Haiti
- **area total km2**: 2114.91
- **population as of**: 2015
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population total**: 1067177
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**:  Haiti
- **subdivision type1**: Capital
- **subdivision name1**: Cap-Haïtien
- **iso code**: HT-ND
- **utc offset1**: -5
- **timezone1**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **blank name sec2**: Human Development Index, HDI (2017)
- **blank info sec2**: 0.508
 · List of departments of Haiti by Human Development Index, 2nd
- **population urban**: 538875
- **population rural**: 528302
- **government type**: Departmental Council