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 

Category:Departments of Haiti