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Nippes Nip | |
|---|---|
 Saut du Baril | |
 Nippes in Haiti | |
| Country |  Haiti |
| Capital | Miragoâne |
| Region | Tiburon Peninsula |
| Symbols | Snowy egret and Yellow-crowned night heron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Departmental Council |
| Area | |
| 1,267.77 km2 (489.49 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| 342,325 | |
| • Density | 270.021/km2 (699.352/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 62,211 |
| • Rural | 280,314 |
| Time zone | UTC-05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-04:00 (EDT) |
| ISO 3166 code | HT-NI |
| HDI (2017) | 0.482[2] low ·5th |
Nippes (French,pronounced[nip]ⓘ) orNip (Haitian Creole) is one of the tendepartments (the highest-level political subdivisions) ofHaiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having been split fromGrand'Anse in 2003.[3] The capital of the department isMiragoâne, and it is the least populous department in Haiti.
Being created from Grand'Anse most of Nippes' history is similar to Grand'Anse's.
Nippes during the Haitian Revolution played a big role with marron troops led by notablyPlymouth aJamaican later on was in Haiti.
Étienne Gérin from Miragwàn is a signatory of theHaitian Declaration of Independence.During the Haitian Civil war betweenPétion andHenry 1st,André Rigaud came back to Haiti from France and was disappointed by Pétion's laissez-faire politics and created a de facto republic, the Meridional Republic of Haiti and the Miragoanes bridge was the limit between those two republics.
The department is bordered to the north by theGulf of Gonave, to the west theGrand'Anse Department, south by theSouth Department and to the east by theOuest Department.
The Nippes River is the most important of the department and one of the most important in the country.
Nippes has one of the biggest and most well-preserved bays in Haiti. The Baradères Bay is formed by theBaradères Peninsula and protects multiple minor islands and cays like Picoulet and Corny Island.
Part of theMiragoanes Lake is shared between Nippes and West Departement is the biggest natural freshwater lake in Haiti.
Nippes has many minor islands with one of the biggest cay being theRochelois located 15 km offshore. The cay has a potential for land reclamation in Haiti.
Nippes has great mining potential in bauxite since the town of Miragoanes had a majorbauxite plant operated by Reynold's company.
Nippes has an agriculture and fishing industry with the lake having a potential for pisciculture.
Nippes is a commerce hub since the Miragoanes Port is one of the biggest ports in the South.
TheRN2 (national road system) passes through Nippes going toLes Cayes and making it the bridge between 2 departments. Another one is proposed to connect it toGrand'Anse.
Miragoanes is the major port in the town and the department has no airport.
The department of Nippes is subdivided into threearrondissements (districts), which are further subdivided into elevencommunes (the equivalent of a city or municipality).
18°27′N73°6′W / 18.450°N 73.100°W /18.450; -73.100
