Grand'Anse Department

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Map of Haiti showing Grand-Anse department.

Grand'Anse (Haitian Creole: Grandans) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. Its capital is Jérémie. It used to be part of Sud Department

The department was split in 2003, with the creation of a new department of Nippes from Miragoâne and l'Anse-à-Veau arrondissements.

Prior to the split it had an area of 3,310 km² and a population of 733,200 (2002).

The department is now divided into three arrondissements:

  1. Anse d'Hainault Arrondissement
  2. Corail Arrondissement
  3. Jérémie Arrondissement