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Nippes Department, Haitii
Regional Level Types
Nippes DepartmentDepartment
HaitiCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Miragoâne89,202 (2016)
Petit Trou de Nippes2,130 (2016)
Petite Rivière de Nippes1,794 (2018)
Anse-à-Veau1,731 (2011)
Baradères1,666 (2017)
Lazil778 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
210574
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:210574:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Nippes, Haïti
German:
Département Nippes, Haiti
Haitian:
Nip, Ayiti
Italian:
dipartimento di Nippes, Haiti
Russian:
Нип, Гаити
Simplified Chinese:
尼普斯省, 海地
Spanish:
Nippes, Haití
Arabic:
إدارة نيبيس, هايتي
Azeri:
Nip, Haiti
Bengali:
নিপেস, হাইতি
Catalan:
Nippes, Haití
Cebuano:
Département de Nippes, Haiti
Croatian:
Nippes, Haiti
Danish:
Nippes, Haiti
Dutch:
Nippes, Haïti
Esperanto:
Nippes, Haitio
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان نیپ, هائیتی
Finnish:
Nippes, Haiti
Greek:
Νιπ, Αϊτή
Gujarati:
નિપ્પ્સ, હૈતી
Hindi:
निपेस, हैती
Indonesian:
Nippes, Haiti
Japanese:
ニップ県, ハイチ
Kannada:
ನಿಪ್ಪೆಸ್, ಹೈತಿ
Korean:
니프주, 아이티
Latvian:
Nipesa, Haiti
Lithuanian:
Nipesas, Haitis
Malay:
Nippes, Haiti
Marathi:
निप्प्स, हैती
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Nippes Koān, Haiti
Northern Frisian:
Nippes , Haiti
Norwegian:
Nippes, Haiti
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Nippes, Haiti
Polish:
Departament Nippes, Haiti
Portuguese:
Nippes, Haiti
Sinhalese:
නිපස්, හෙයිටි
Swedish:
Nippes, Haiti
Tamil:
நிப்பேஸ், எயிட்டி
Telugu:
నిప్పెస్, హైటీ
Thai:
จังหวัดนิป, ไฮติ
Turkish:
Nippes, Haiti
Ukrainian:
Ніп, Гаїті
Urdu:
نیپ محکمہ, ہیٹی
Vietnamese:
Nippes, Haiti


Nippes (Haitian Creole: Nip) is one of the ten departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having been split from Grand'Anse in 2003. The capital of the department is Miragoâne.

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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences19
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed2.59 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Acropora
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Acropora2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Diploria
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Diploria2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Manicina
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Manicina2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pavona
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Pavona2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Livonia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Livonia2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Glycymeris
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Euvola ziczac
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Euvola : Euvola ziczac2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Codakia : Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Laevichlamys multisquamata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Laevichlamys : Laevichlamys multisquamata2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Arcopagia fausta
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Arcopagia : Arcopagia fausta2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Lobatus gigas
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Strombidae : Lobatus : Lobatus gigas2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Argopecten gibbus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : Argopecten gibbus2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Diodora listeri
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Fissurellidae : Diodora : Diodora listeri2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Montastrea cavernosa
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montastraeidae : Montastraea : Montastrea cavernosa2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Solenastrea bournoni
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Solenastrea : Solenastrea bournoni2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Siderastrea siderea
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea siderea2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Montastrea imperatoris
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montastraeidae : Montastraea : Montastrea imperatoris2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippes
Wikidata ID:Q125232
GeoNames ID:7115999

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