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Ouest Department

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Ouest (French for West) is one of the ten departments of Haiti, located in south-central Haiti. It is the jurisdictional seat of Haiti's national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of 4,982.56 square kilometers and a population of 4,029,705 at a 2015 estimate, the largest department by both area and population in Haiti. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Port-au-Prince 1
Population
4,029,705 1
Population Estimate Year
2015 1
Area (sq km)
4982.56 1
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Port-au-Prince

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Associated With

Haiti, Countries

Ouest Department is associated with Haiti.

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Port-au-Prince, Cities

port-au-prince is associated with ouest-department.

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Has Capital

Port-au-Prince, Cities

port-au-prince is the capital of ouest-department.

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1. Ouest Department (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Ouest (French, pronounced [wɛst] ) 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. 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.
  • Lead section
    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.
  • Part Of: Haiti, Lead paragraph
    meaning "West") is one of the ten departments of Haiti.
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