Artibonite

Artibonite is one of the ten departments of Haiti located in central Haiti. With an area of 4,887 km2 it is Haiti's largest department. As of 2015, its estimated population was 1,727,524.
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  • Type: department of Haiti with 1,730,000 residents
  • Description: department of Haiti
  • Also known as: Département de Central L’Artibonite” and “Departement de l’Artibonite

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dessalines.

Town
usually referred to as Marchand-Dessalines, is a commune in the Artibonite department of . It is named after Jean-Jacques , a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler and emperor of independent Haiti. is situated 8 km south of Artibonite.

Artibonite

Latitude
19.3333° or 19° 20′ north
Longitude
-72.5° or 72° 30′ west
Population
1,730,000
Elevation
641 metres (2,103 feet)
Open location code
77F98GM2+82
Geo­Names ID
3731053
Wiki­data ID
Q844024
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Artibonite” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إدارة أرتيبونيت
  • Azerbaijani: Artibonit
  • Bengali: আর্টিবোনাইট
  • Catalan: Artibonite
  • Cebuano: Département de l’Artibonite
  • Chinese: Artibonite Koān
  • Chinese: 阿蒂博尼特省
  • Croatian: Artibonite
  • Danish: Artibonite
  • Dutch: Artibonite
  • Esperanto: Artibonite
  • Esperanto: Departemento Artibonite
  • Finnish: Artibonite
  • French: Artibonite
  • German: Artibonite
  • German: Département Artibonite
  • Greek: Αρτιμπονίτ
  • Gujarati: આર્ટિબોનાઈટ
  • Haitian: Artibonite
  • Haitian: Latibonit
  • Hindi: आर्टिबोनिट
  • Indonesian: Departemen Artibonite
  • Italian: dipartimento dell’Artibonite
  • Italian: Dipartimento dell’Artibonite
  • Japanese: アルティボニット県
  • Japanese: アルティボニト県
  • Kannada: ಆರ್ಟಿಬೋನೈಟ್
  • Korean: 아르티보니트주
  • Latvian: Artibonita
  • Lithuanian: Artibonitas
  • Macedonian: Артибонит (департман)
  • Macedonian: Артибонит
  • Malay: Artibonite
  • Marathi: आर्टिबोनिट
  • Min Nan Chinese: Artibonite Koān
  • Mingrelian: არტიბონიტიშ დეპარტამენტი
  • Northern Frisian: Artibonite (Department)
  • Northern Frisian: Artibonite
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Artibonite
  • Norwegian Bokmål: L’Artibonite
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Artibonite
  • Norwegian: Artibonite
  • Persian: شهرستان آرتیبونیت
  • Polish: Artibonite
  • Portuguese: Artibonita
  • Portuguese: Artibonite
  • Russian: Артибонит
  • Sinhala: අර්ටිබෝනිටේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, හයිටිය
  • Sinhala: අර්ටිබෝනිටේ
  • Slovenian: Artibonite
  • Spanish: Artibonito
  • Spanish: Departamento Artibonito
  • Swedish: Artibonite
  • Tamil: அடிபணிட்டே
  • Telugu: అర్టిబోనిటె
  • Thai: จังหวัดอาร์ตีบอนิต
  • Turkish: Artibonite
  • Ukrainian: Артибоніт
  • Urdu: آرتیبونیتے ڈیپارٹمنٹ
  • Urdu: آرتیبونیتے محکمہ
  • Vietnamese: Artibonite

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