Haiti is divided into ten geographic Departments and Artibonite is one of them.

The Capital of the Department of Artbonite is Gonaive and some of the most populated cities in the region include Saint-Marc, Desdunes, Desssalines, Grande Salines, Petite Riviere de L'Artibonite, Ennery, Estere, Gros-Morne, Anse Rouge, Tere-Neuve, Marmelade (The birth city of former President Rene Preval), Saint Michel de L'Attalaye, La Chapelle and Verrettes.

Artibonite is considered to be the largest Department geograpically, with an are of 4,984 square KM. The main activity in the region is agriculture. The Department of Artibonite is specialized in a rice production.

This Department has an agricultural advantage over the other Departments in haiti, thanks to landscape and the Artibonite river, the longest in the entire island of Hispagnola. The Artibonite river is 320 km long, with the Dominican Republic as its source. The river is also used to power the Peligre hydroelectric dam, a major supplier of electricity for the country.

We would like to provide more information about the Department of Artibonite to the public. If you know some major historic sites located in the region or a particular section of the region you would like for others to see, please let us know about it.

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