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Haiti Geography > Haiti Country Data > Haiti Artibonite Department, Departement De L'Artibonite
Artibonite Is The Country's Main Rice-growing Area. The Main Cities Are Gonaïves (the Capital) And Saint-Marc.
Artibonite is one of the nine departments 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 in 5 arrondissements:
- Dessalines
- Gonaïves
- Gros-Morne
- Marmelade
- Saint-Marc
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