Acul-du-Nord

Acul-du-Nord

Acul-du-Nord

Commune in Nord, Haiti

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

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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. [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. [2]
    "Haiti candidates denounce election". Al Jazeera. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Haiti - Reconstruction : Inauguration of the new Court of Peace of Acul-du-Nord". Haiti Libre. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2023.


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