Artibonite Department
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- Artibonite redirects here. For a river in Haiti, see Artibonite River.
Artibonite is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 4,984 km² and a population of 1,168,800 (2002). Artibonite is the country's main rice-growing area. The main cities are Gonaïves (the capital) and Saint-Marc. An insurgency tried unsuccessfully to declare Artibonite's independence in February 2004.
The department is divided into five arrondissements:
- Dessalines
- Gonaïves
- Gros-Morne
- Marmelade
- Saint-Marc
| Departments of Haiti |
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| Artibonite | Centre | Grand'Anse | Nippes | Nord | Nord-Est | Nord-Ouest | Ouest | Sud | Sud-Est | |
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