Nippes

Nippes
Nip
Saut du Baril
Saut du Baril
Nippes in Haiti
Nippes in Haiti
Country Haiti
CapitalMiragoâne
RegionTiburon Peninsula
SymbolsSnowy egret and Yellow-crowned night heron
Government
 • TypeDepartmental Council
Area
 • Department1,267.77 km2 (489.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Department342,325
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
 • Urban
62,211
 • Rural
280,314
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern)
ISO 3166 codeHT-NI
HDI (2017)0.482[2]
low · 5th
Miragoâne en 1881

Nippes (French) or Nip (Haitian Creole) is one of the ten departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having been split from Grand'Anse in 2003.[3] The capital of the department is Miragoâne, and it is the least populous department in Haiti.

  1. ^ http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ Hall, Michael R., ed. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Haiti. p. 78. ISBN 9780810878105. Retrieved 13 March 2016.