Grand'Anse Department facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Grand'Anse
(Kréyòl: Grandans)
Department
Country	Haiti
Capital	Jérémie
- coordinates	18°40′N 74°7′W / 18.667°N 74.117°W / 18.667; -74.117
Area	2,091 km² (807 sq mi)
Population	626,928 (2003)
Density	299.8 /km² (776 /sq mi)
Subdivisions	3 Arrondissements 12 Communes
Timezone	EST (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	DST (UTC-4)
Area code	+509
ISO 3166-2	HT-GA

Grand'Anse, or Grande Anse, is one of the ten departments (French: départments, singular départment) of Haiti. Its capital is Jérémie.

Geography

The Départment de la Grand'Anse has an area of 2,091 km². It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Gonâve, to the east by the Nippes Department, to the south by the Sud Department, and by the Caribbean Sea to the west.

The Massiff de la Hotte, an important Haitian mountain range, runs from west to east along the south of the department, with the Plymouth, Macaya and Casetaches mountain ranges. Because of this, rivers here are short; some of them are Baradères, Dame-Marie, de la Grande-Anse, de Nippes, des Roseaux and Voldrogue.

Administrative division

The department is divided into three arrondissements (like districts) and 11 communes (like municipalities). The "arrondissements" and their "communes" are:

1. Anse d'Hainault
   1. Anse-d'Hainault
   2. Dame-Marie
   3. Les Irois
2. Corail
   1. Beaumont
   2. Corail
   3. Pestel
   4. Roseaux
3. Jérémie
   1. Abricots
   2. Bonbon
   3. Chambellan
   4. Jérémie
   5. Moron

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In Spanish: Departamento Grand'Anse para niños