Jérémie is an arrondissement

Arrondissements of Haiti

||The ten departments of Haiti are divided into 42 arrondissements. The arrondissements are listed below, by department:-Artibonite Department:*Dessalines*Gonaïves*Gros-Morne*Marmelade*Saint-Marc-Centre Department:*Cerca-la-Source*Hinche*Lascahobas...

 in the Grand'Anse Department

Grand'Anse Department

Grand'Anse is one of the ten administrative departments of Haiti. Its capital is Jérémie.-History:...

 of Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

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It has 170,408 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Jérémie Arrondissement start with the number 71.

Communes

The arondissement consists of the following municipalities:

• Jérémie
  Jérémie
  Jérémie is the capital city of the department of Grand'Anse, in Haiti, with a population of about 31,000 . It is almost isolated from the rest of the country...
  
  
• Abricots
  Abricots
  Abricots is a municipality in the Jérémie Arrondissement, in the Grand'Anse Department of Haiti.It has 24,555 inhabitants....
  
  
• Bonbon
  Bonbon, Grand'Anse
  Bonbon is a municipality in the Jérémie Arrondissement, in the Grand'Anse Department of Haiti. The non-profit organization Sant Demen is establishing a learning center for the Haitian community in the area. It has 6,754 inhabitants....
  
  
• Chambellan
  Chambellan
  Chambellan is a municipality in the Jérémie Arrondissement, in the Grand'Anse Department of Haiti.It has 16,883 inhabitants....
  
  
• Moron
  Moron, Grand'Anse
  Moron is a municipality in the Jérémie Arrondissement, in the Grand'Anse Department of Haiti.It has 24,713 inhabitants....
  
  

History

In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake

2010 Haiti earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...

, a food aide convoy transporting aide delivered to Jérémie Airport

Jérémie Airport

Jérémie Airport is the fifth most important airport in Haiti in passenger traffic and is located in the city with the same name, Jérémie, in the south west of Haiti.This airport is served by scheduled and non-scheduled companies from Port-au-Prince....

 through Jérémie

Jérémie

Jérémie is the capital city of the department of Grand'Anse, in Haiti, with a population of about 31,000 . It is almost isolated from the rest of the country...

, encountered a hijacking attempt by 20 men, on Saturday 30 January 2010.