Grand'Anse is one of the ten administrative departments

Departments of Haiti

The Communes of Haiti are the third-level divisions of Haiti. The 10 departments have 42 arrondissements which are divided into 140 communes.-Artibonite Department:*Dessalines Arrondissement**Desdunes**Dessalines**Grande Saline...

 (French

French language

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: départements) 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...

. Its capital is 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...

.

History

The Grand'Anse department used to be part of Sud Department

Sud Department

Sud is one of the ten departments of Haiti. It has an area of and a population of 745,000 . Its capital is Les Cayes. A large part of the population of Haitians in this department is of mixed race, mulattoes along with other mixtures such as Arabs and East Indians...

 until 1962, when the new Grand'Anse department was created. The department was further split in 2003, with the creation of a new department of Nippes from Miragoâne

Miragoâne Arrondissement

Miragoâne is an arrondissement in the Nippes Department of Haiti.It had 113,169 inhabitants at the 2003 Census.Postal codes in the Miragoâne Arrondissement start with the number 74....

 and Anse-à-Veau

Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement

Anse-à-Veau is an arrondissement in the Nippes Department of Haiti.It has 153,210 inhabitants.Postal codes in the Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement start with the number 75.The arondissement consists of the following municipalities:...

 arrondissements.

Prior to the 2003 split it had a population of around 600,000 (2002), but subsequently the population at the 2003 Census was 337,516. The area of the department (following the split) is 3310 square kilometres (1,278 sq mi).

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.

The Departement of la Grand'Anse includes 3 arrondissements and 12 communes.
The Arrondissement of Anse d'Ainault contains 3 communes:
The commune of Anse-d'Ainault;
The commune of Dame-Marie;
The commune of Les Irois;
The Arrondissement of Corail contains 4 communes:
The commune of Corail;
The commune of Beaumont;
The commune of Pestel;
The commune of Roseaux;
The Arrondissement of Jérémie contains 5 communes:
The commune of of Jérémie;
The commune of Abricots;
The commune of Bonbon;
The commune of Chambellan.