Acul-du-Nord explained

Official Name:	Acul-du-Nord
Settlement Type:	Commune
Pushpin Map:	Haiti
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Haiti
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Haiti
Subdivision Type1:	Department
Subdivision Name1:	Nord
Subdivision Type2:	Arrondissement
Subdivision Name2:	Acul-du-Nord
Blank1 Name Sec1:	Communal sections
Blank1 Info Sec1:	6
Area Total Km2:	186.37
Population As Of:	March, 2015
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	55,908
Population Density Km2:	300
Coordinates:	19.6833°N -72.3167°W
Elevation M:	20

Acul-du-Nord (ht|Akil dinò) is a commune in the Acul-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015 . Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI) . 3 June 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151106110552/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf . 6 November 2015 .
2. Web site: 2010-11-28 . Haiti candidates denounce election . 2023-12-19 . Al Jazeera . en.
3. Web site: 2011-09-10 . Haiti - Reconstruction : Inauguration of the new Court of Peace of Acul-du-Nord . 2023-12-19 . Haiti Libre.