Nord

Nord or Nò is one of the ten departments of Haiti and located in northern Haiti. It has an area of 2,114.91 km2 and a population of 1,067,177. Its capital is .
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  • Type: State with 872,000 residents
  • Description: department of Haiti
  • Also known as: Département du Nord

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sans-Souci Palace.

Castle
The Palace of Sans-Souci, or , was the principal royal residence of Henry I, King of Haiti, better known as Henri Christophe. It is located in the town of , approximately five kilometres northeast of the , and thirteen kilometres southwest of the Three Bays Protected Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milot and Plaine-du-Nord.

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is a city in the north of . It is a small city about 20 km from . Nearby is the UNESCO World Heritage site that comprises the ruins of Sans Souci palace and the Citadelle built by King Henri Christophe, a key figure in the Haitian Revolution.

Village
is a commune in the , in the Nord department of . It has 28,544 inhabitants.

Town
is a commune in the , in the Nord department of .

Nord

Latitude
19.6258° or 19° 37′ 33″ north
Longitude
-72.2699° or 72° 16′ 12″ west
Population
872,000
Elevation
95 metres (312 feet)
Open location code
77F9JPGJ+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 618759492
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3719543
Wiki­data ID
Q943932
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nord” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الإدارة الشمالية
  • Armenian: Նորդ
  • Azerbaijani: Haitinin Şimal departamenti
  • Bengali: নর্ড
  • Catalan: Departament del Nord
  • Catalan: Nord
  • Cebuano: Nord
  • Chinese: Nord Koān
  • Chinese: 北部省
  • Croatian: Nord, Haiti
  • Croatian: Nord
  • Danish: Nord
  • Dutch: Nord
  • Esperanto: Departemento Nord
  • Esperanto: Departemento Nordo
  • Finnish: Nord
  • French:
  • French: Nord
  • German: Département Nord
  • German: Nord
  • Greek: Νο
  • Greek: Νορ
  • Gujarati: નોર્ડ
  • Haitian: Depatman Nò
  • Haitian:
  • Hindi: नोर्ड
  • Indonesian: Nord
  • Italian: dipartimento del Nord
  • Italian: Dipartimento del Nord
  • Japanese: ノール県
  • Japanese: 北県
  • Kannada: ನಾರ್ಡ್
  • Korean: 노르 주
  • Korean: 북부주
  • Latvian: Ziemeļi
  • Lithuanian: Nordas
  • Malay: Nord
  • Marathi: नॉर्ड
  • Min Nan Chinese: Nord Koān
  • Mingrelian: ოორუე დეპარტამენტი (ჰაიტი)
  • Mingrelian: ოორუე დეპარტამენტი
  • Northern Frisian: Nord (Department uun Haiti)
  • Northern Frisian: Nord
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nord
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nord i Haiti
  • Norwegian: Nord
  • Occitan (post 1500): Nòrd
  • Persian: شهرستان شمالی
  • Polish: Departament Północny
  • Portuguese: Departamento do Norte
  • Portuguese: Nord
  • Portuguese: Norte
  • Russian: Северный департамент Гаити
  • Russian: Северный департамент
  • Sinhala: නොර්ඩ් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, හයිටිය
  • Sinhala: නොර්ඩ්
  • Spanish: Departamento Norte
  • Spanish: Norte
  • Swedish: Nord
  • Tamil: நோர்ட்
  • Telugu: నార్డ్
  • Thai: จังหวัดนอร์
  • Turkish: Nord
  • Ukrainian: Північний департамент Гаїті
  • Ukrainian: Північний департамент
  • Urdu: شمالی ڈیپارٹمنٹ
  • Urdu: شمالی محکمہ
  • Vietnamese: Nord

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