What is Ouest (department)?
{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> |type =[[departments of Haiti|department]] |name =Ouest |native_name =Lwès |native_name_lang =ht |image_map =Ouest in Haiti.svg |map_caption =Ouest in Haiti |area_total_km2 =4982.56 |population_as_of =2015 |population_density_km2=auto |population_total=4029705 |population_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf | title=Ihsi.ht }}</ref> |subdivision_type=Country |subdivision_name=[[Image:Flag of Haiti.svg|25px]] [[Haiti]] |subdivision_type1=Capital|subdivision_name1=[[Port-au-Prince]] |settlement_type=[[Departments of Haiti|Department]] |iso_code=HT-OU |utc_offset1=-5 |timezone1=[[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]] |population_urban=3397404 |population_rural=632301 |government_type=Departmental Council }} '''Ouest''' ([[English language|English]]: ''West'') is one of the ten [[Province|departments]] ([[French language|French]]: ''départments'', singular ''départment'') of [[Haiti]]. Its capital is [[Port-au-Prince]] which is also the capital of the country and its largest city. With an area of 4,827 [[Square kilometre|km²]], it is the second largest department in Haiti after the [[Artibonite Department]]. It has a population of 2,943,200 (2002). The [[Gonâve Island]] ([[French language|French]], ''Île de la Gonâve'') is part of this department. It is bordered to the northwest by the [[Artibonite Department]], to the northeast by the [[Centre Department]]. The [[Gulf of Gonâve]] is to the west (and to the north of the southern part of the department). It borders the [[Dominican Republic]] to the east. The department is divided into five ''arrondissements'': # l'[[Arcahaie]] # [[Croix-des-Bouquets]] # [[La Gonâve]] # [[Léogane]] # [[Port-au-Prince]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Departments of Haiti}} {{North-America-stub}} [[Category:Departments of Haiti]]