Plaisance Arrondissement

Plaisance (Haitian Creole: Plezans) is an arrondissement in the Nord Department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 123,633 inhabitants.[1] Postal codes in the Plaisance Arrondissement start with the number 17.

Plaisance Arrondissement
Plezans Awondisman
Country Haiti
DepartmentNord
Area
  Arrondissement242.32 km2 (93.56 sq mi)
  Urban
3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
  Rural
239.24 km2 (92.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
  Arrondissement123,633
  Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
  Urban
27,896
  Rural
95,737
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern)
Postal code
HT17
Communes2
Communal Sections16
IHSI Code037

Geography

According to the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics, the arrondissement has a total area of 93.56 square miles (242.32 km2).[2]

Demographics

2003 Census

As of the census of 2003, there were 90,812 people residing in the arrondissement.[3]

2009 Estimated Census

As of the estimated census of 2009, there were 112,428 people and 22,010 households residing in the arrondissement.[2]

Postal codes in the Plaisance Arrondissement start with the number 17 .

Municipalities

The arondissement consists of the following communes :

References

  1. "Population totale, population de 18 ans et plus ménages et densités estimés en 2015" [Total Population, Population of 18 and over, Households and Densities Estimated in 2015] (PDF). IHSI (in French). March 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. "POPULATION TOTALE, POPULATION DE 18 ANS ET PLUS MENAGES ET DENSITES ESTIMES EN 2009" (PDF). IHSI: Institut Haitien de Statistique et d'Informatique. March 2009. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  3. Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI), 7 August 2003.

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