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Trou-du-Nord

commune in Nord-Est, Haiti

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ2399286 ↗
Source-derived summary

Trou-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [tʁu dy nɔʁ]; Haitian Creole: Twou dinò) is a commune in the Trou-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord-Est department of Haiti.

It has a population of 37,405.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Trou-du-Nord” as commune in Nord-Est, Haiti. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Trou-du-Nord, commune and Nord-Est.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 29-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Trou-du-Nord, commune and Nord-Est providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2399286. VIAF identifies the subject as 123635785. The Library of Congress control number is nr2006014495. Authority coordinates are 19.633, -72.017. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Trou-du-Nord” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.