Nord-Est Department

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Nord-Est (English: North-East, Haitian Creole: Nòdès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 1,623 km² and a population of 300,493 as of 2003.[1] Its capital is Fort-Liberté. It used to be part of Nord Department. It borders the Dominican Republic to the east.

The department is divided into four arrondissements:

  1. Fort-Liberté Arrondissement
  2. Ouanaminthe Arrondissement
  3. le Trou-du-Nord Arrondissement
  4. Vallières Arrondissement

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Coordinates: 19°40′04″N 71°50′23″W / 19.6678°N 71.8397°W / 19.6678; -71.8397


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