Sud-Est Department

Sud-Est (English: South-East, Haitian Creole: Sidès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 2,023 km² and a population of 518,200 (2002). Its capital is Jacmel. It used to be part of Sud Department. The department is divided into three arrondissements: There are fifteen other smaller towns or villages, including:Banane, Bourcan-Bélier, Cavalier, Coutelas, Forêt-des-Pins, La-Fond, La-Vallée, Les-Palmes, Ma... More

Sud-Est (English: South-East, Haitian Creole: Sidès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 2,023 km² and a population of 518,200 (2002). Its capital is Jacmel. It used to be part of Sud Department. The department is divided into three arrondissements: There are fifteen other smaller towns or villages, including:Banane, Bourcan-Bélier, Cavalier, Coutelas, Forêt-des-Pins, La-Fond, La-Vallée, Les-Palmes, Mare-Rouge, Mayette, Mombin, Platon-Besace, Saint-Antoine, Savane-Zombi, and Seguin. Jacmel in Jacmel Arrondissement, a city with many French colonial heritage buildings, was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude tremblor on 12 January 2010, collapsing much of that heritage architecture.

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