| Type: | department |
| Centre | |
| Native Name: | Sant |
| Native Name Lang: | ht |
| Area Total Km2: | 3487.41 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 746236 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
| Subdivision Type1: | Capital |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hinche |
| Subdivision Type2: | Région |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central |
| Subdivision Type3: | Symbole |
| Subdivision Name3: | Hispaniolan trogon |
| Iso Code: | HT-CE |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1: | Eastern |
| Blank Name Sec2: | HDI (2017) |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0.435[2] · 10th |
| Population Urban: | 151488 |
| Population Rural: | 594748 |
| Government Type: | Departmental Council |
Centre (French) or Sant (Haitian Creole; both meaning "Center") is a central department (French: [[Department (country subdivision)|départements]]|links=no; Haitian; Haitian Creole: depatman|links=no) of Haiti, located in the center of the country along the border with the Dominican Republic. As of 2015, its estimated population was 746,236.[3] Its capital is Hinche.
The department was part of the Marien kasika and Maguana alongside San Juan de la Maguana under the leadership of Caonabo.
Much of the Centre Departement was Spanish territorial even after the Treaty of Ryswick.Many towns were built and settled by the Spanish like Hincha, Las Caobas, San Rafael and many more.
The southern part of the department was French territory with towns like Mirebalais.
The department played a big part in the Revolution serving as maroon territory extending to the Baoruco.Toussaint Louverture capture the town of Hinche from the Spanish for the French making it an early Haitian territory.
David Troy commander of Mirebalais is a signatory of the Haitian Declaration of Independence.
In contemporary times the department played a big role in the fight against the American Marines, being a Caco a refuge for men like Charlemagne Péralte and Benoit Batraville.
It borders the Dominican Republic with the province of Elías Piña to the east and is the only landlocked department in Haiti.Centre is the only department without access to the sea, but is nevertheless affected by soil erosion as a result of deforestation. In 2004, the floods caused by Hurricane Jeanne resulted in hundreds of deaths, focused in Centre and Artibonite Departments.
It contains the second largest lake in Haiti Lake Péligre, which was created as a result of the construction of the Péligre Dam on the Artibonite River during the 1950s. It is the largest hydroelectric dam in the Caribbean.
The Centre department is a high plateau topographical region. Due to its isolation if one of the greenest departments.
The department has two of Haiti's most impressive waterfalls, Sodo, which receives much local tourism in August for the Mont-Carmel Vodoun Pilgrimage, and Zim.
Centre is known for their tobacco production, goat and turkey.
The Department of Centre is subdivided into four arrondissements, which are further subdivided in 13 communes.
The RD3 connects it to the North and the West.The RD304 connects it to Gonaives.The RD301 connects it to St-Marc.