Acul-du-Nord
Commune in Nord, Haiti
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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
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  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 (66 ft) |
| Population (March, 2015)[1] | |
• Total | 55,908 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/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