Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: Nord-Ouest is one of the ten departments ( French : dÃ partements ) of Haiti as well as the northernmost one . It has an area of 2,176 kmÂ and a population of 445,080 ( 2003 Census ) .
Simplified: The DÃ partment du Nord-Ouest has an area of 2,176 kmÂ .