Acul-du-Nord

Acul-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [akyl dy nɔʁ]; Haitian Creole: Akil dinò) is a commune in the Acul-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti.

Acul-du-Nord Akil dinò
Commune
Acul-du-Nord Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 19°41′0″N 72°19′0″W
Country	Haiti
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Acul-du-Nord
Area
• Total	186.37 km2 (71.96 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (March, 2015)[1]
• Total	55,908
• Density	300/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-04:00 (EDT)
Communal sections	6

History

In 2010, Acul-du-Nord mayor Patrick Julien announced that elections would be cancelled due to violence, telling Agence France-Presse that "Men armed with machetes ransacked six polling stations".^[2]

Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) funded the construction of a new Court of Peace building in the commune.^[3]

Communal sections

The commune consists of six communal sections, namely:

• Camp-Louise, urban (Camp Louise neighborhood) and rural
• Bas de l'Acul, urban (town of Acul du Nord) and rural
• Mornet, rural
• Grande Ravine, rural
• Coupe à David, rural
• La Soufrière, urban (Soufrière neighborhood) and rural