Ouest Department

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Ouest Department
Country	Haiti
Capital	Port-au-Prince
Arrondissements	5
Area	4,827 km² (1,863.72 sq mi)
Population	2,943,200 (2002)

Ouest (English: West) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of 4,827 km² and a population of 2,943,200 (2002). It borders the Dominican Republic to the east.

It is the second largest department in Haiti after the Artibonite. Gonâve Island is also part of the Ouest Department. The department's stretch of coastline lies entirely in the Gulf of Gonâve.

[edit] Arrondissements & Communes

• Arcahaie Arrondissement
  • Arcahaie
  • Cabaret

• Croix-des Bouquets Arrondissement
  • Cornillon
  • Croix-des-Bouquets
  • Fonds-Verettes
  • Ganthier
  • Thomazeau

• La Gonave Arrondissement
  • Anse-à-Galets
  • Pointe-à-Raquette

• Léogâne Arrondissement
  • Grand-Goâve
  • Léogâne
  • Petit-Goâve

• Port-au-Prince Arrondissement
  • Carrefour
  • Delmas
  • Grenier
  • Kenscoff
  • Pétionville
  • Port-au-Prince

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