Communal section

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The communal section (French: section communale, formerly section rurale^[1]) is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 145 communes are further divided into 571 communal sections.^[2][3][4]

Operation

It is headed by an executive body, the CASEC (Board of Communal Section) and a deliberative body, ASEC (Assembly of the Communal Section).

These two institutions are aided by CDSC (the Development Council of the Communal Section).

Within each, there are cities or neighborhoods, communities, habitations, and lakou with sometimes difficult to grasp distinctions.

List of communal sections of Haiti

See also

• Haiti
• Departments of Haiti
• Arrondissements of Haiti
• List of communes of Haiti

References

• Schutt-Ainé, Patricia (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture. p. 16,17,18, 19, 20. ISBN 978-0-9638599-0-7.

External links

• Haitian Postal Code
• Decree on the organization and functioning of the Communal Sections.
• Population Totale, Population de 18 Ans et Plus Menages Et Densites Estimes en 2009