The administrative divisions of Haiti () are concerned with the institutional and territorial organization of

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

an territory. There are many administrative divisions which may have political (

local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

), electoral (districts), or administrative (decentralized services of the state) objectives.

Administrative divisions

, Haiti is divided into the following: * 4 regions being North, Centre, West, and South. * 10

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

with the possibility to go up to 16. * The departments are subdivided into 42

arrondissements An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissemen ...

. * The arrondissements are subdivided into 144

communes A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

. * The communes are subdivided into 65 quarters. * The quarters are subdivided into 571

communal section The communal section (, formerly section rurale) is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 144 List of communes of Haiti, communes are further divided into 571 communal sections. Operation It is headed by an executive body, the CAS ...

s. Geographically, the ''departments'' are the largest territorial divisions, regrouping into ''arrondissements'' (districts) and ''communes'' (municipalities). The Arrondissement, encompasses a number of communes. While the Commune is composed of the city, neighborhoods and communal sections are basic territorial subdivisions. Quarters are neighborhoods whose status remain vague, and an ill-defined territory.

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