Acul-du-Nord

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

Acul-du-Nord Akil dinò
Commune
Acul-du-Nord Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 19°41′0″N 72°19′0″W
Country	Haiti
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Acul-du-Nord
Area
• Total	186.37 km2 (71.96 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (March, 2015)[1]
• Total	55,908
• Density	300/km2 (800/sq mi)
Communal sections	6

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:

• Camp-Louise, urban (Camp Louise neighborhood) and rural
• Bas de l'Acul, urban (town of Acul du Nord) and rural
• Mornet, rural
• Grande Ravine, rural
• Coupe à David, rural
• La Soufrière, urban (Soufrière neighborhood) and rural

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.