Nippes Department

Nippes is a department on the Tiburon Peninsula in Haiti. Its capital is Miragoâne. It is mainly in the Gulf of Gonâve on the Tibouran peninsula ( northern coast ).

History

The department of Nippes was created in 2003, when the arrondissements Miragoâne, Anse -à- Veau and Baradères by the Department Grand Anse and Nippes renounced established as a new department. This makes it the youngest of ten Haitian departments.

District level ( district )

In the department there are the three circles ( Arrondissemente ):

• Arrondissement de Miragoâne ( with four municipalities): Miragoâne
• Petite- Rivière -de- Nippes
• Fund - of - Nègres
• Paillant
• Arrondissement d' Anse -à- Veau ( 5 municipalities): Anse -à- Veau ( harbor city)
• L' Asile
• Petit- Trou -de- Nippes
• Arnaud
• Arrondissement de Barradères ( 2 communities ): Barradères ( in the far west of the Dept. )
• Grand Boucan

Towns and villages

• Anse -a- Veau
• Baraderes
• L' Asile
• Miragoâne
• Petit Trou de Nippes
• Petite Riviere de Nippes

• Department in Haiti
• Department Nippes