The communal section (French: section communale, formerly section rurale[1]) is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 144 communes are further divided into 571 communal sections.[2][3][4]

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Haïti : Impossible de parvenir à la décentralisation sans la participation des sections communales". Archived from the original on 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  2. ^ Olivier, Louis-Joseph, ed. (14 August 2015). "Création de cinq nouvelles communes par décret présidentiel". Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved 17 March 2016. (in French)
  3. ^ Press, ed. (16 August 2015). "Haïti - Politique : 5 nouvelles communes en Haïti". Haiti Libre. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  4. ^ "7300.- Divisions territoriales". Haiti-Référence. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016. (in French)
  • 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.


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