Ouest (department)

Ouest
Lwès
Taïno Beach, Grand-Goâve
Taïno Beach, Grand-Goâve
Ouest in Haiti
Ouest in Haiti
Country Haiti
CapitalPort-au-Prince
RégionSouth-Central
SymboleBoat, tower, queen bee
Government
 • TypeDepartmental Council
Area
 • Department4,982.56 km2 (1,923.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Department4,029,705
 • Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
 • Urban
3,397,404
 • Rural
632,301
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern)
ISO 3166 codeHT-OU
HDI (2021)0.550[2]
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Ouest (French) or Lwès (Haitian Creole; both meaning "West") is one of the ten departments of Haiti. It is located in south-central Haiti, linking the Great-North and the Tiburon Peninsula.

It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince.

It has an area of 4,982.56 square kilometres (1,923.78 sq mi) and a population of 4,029,705 (2015 estimate), making it both the largest department by area and the most populated department in Haiti.

  1. ^ "Population Totale, De 18 ANS ET Plus" (PDF). Ministere De Le E'Conomie Et Des Finances (MEF). Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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