Centre (department)

Centre
Sant
Peligre Lake
Peligre Lake
Centre in Haiti
Centre in Haiti
Country Haiti
CapitalHinche
RégionCentral
SymboleHispaniolan trogon
Government
 • TypeDepartmental Council
Area
 • department
3,487.41 km2 (1,346.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • department
746,236
 • Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
 • Urban
151,488
 • Rural
594,748
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern)
ISO 3166 codeHT-CE
HDI (2017)0.435[2]
low · 10th

Centre (French) or Sant (Haitian Creole; both meaning "Center") is a central department (French: départements; Haitian Creole: depatman) of Haiti, located in the center of the country along the border with the Dominican Republic. As of 2015, its estimated population was 746,236.[3] Its capital is Hinche.

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2015-11-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "POPULATION TOTALE, POPULATION DE 18 ANS ET PLUS MÉNAGES ET DENSITÉS ESTIMÉS EN 2015" (PDF). IHSI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 22 Mar 2017.