Acul Du Nord

The municipality of Acul-du-Nord, is a commune in the L’Acul-du-Nord Arrondissement of Nord department of Haiti.

In 1492 (21 December) On Saint Thomas’s day, Christopher Columbus entered a magnificent bay which he called “Port Saint Thomas”. December 22 was the first meeting between Columbus and Guacanagaric, the Chief of Marien. The bay was called Port Camp-Louise by the French until 1740, since when it has been known as the Baie de l’Acul.

Acul-du-Nord, one of the 19 communes of the Norddepartment, did not have an old name. Its date of elevation to the rank of Commune is not specified.

Acul-du-Nord has two quartiers and six communal sections. The inhabitants of the town of Acul-du-Nord are called Aculois. In 1998, the population of Acul was estimated at 71,272. According to the latest projections made by the IHSI, this reached 78,000 inhabitants in the year 2004 and 55,908 as of March 2015. For an area of 1.5 square miles (​​4 km2), the town center has a density equal to 7,235 inhabitants per sq mi (2,734 per km2).

In terms of economic and financial infrastructure, the municipality is very thinly equipped. Acul-du-Nord is the home of 55,000 Haitians who concentrate on agriculture as their main source of livelihood. The common produce in the municipality are coffee, different kinds of fruits, and rice. Haitians in this region also practice beekeeping for attaining honey and selling this in the local market and in foreign trade.

Trade, livestock and fisheries are also among the main economic activities of the municipality. Commercial establishments are almost non-existent.

With regard to religion, more than forty-eight temples have been listed in the Commune. The number of Churches and Chapels for denominations such as Catholic, Baptist, Adventist, Pentecostal do not exceed ten. The Pentecostal Churches (twenty five in total) represent the most represented faith (in number of temples) in the commune.