Ouest (department)
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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.
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Ouest
Lwès | |
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Country | Haiti |
Capital | Port-au-Prince |
Région | South-Central |
Symbole | Boat, tower, queen bee |
Government | |
• Type | Departmental Council |
Area | |
• Department | 4,982.56 km2 (1,923.78 sq mi) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Department | 4,029,705 |
• Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,397,404 |
• Rural | 632,301 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
ISO 3166 code | HT-OU |
HDI (2021) | 0.565[2] medium · 1st |
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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.