Гаитидің Солтүстік-Шығыс департаменті

Department of Haiti

Nord Est (French, nɔʁɛst) or Nodès (Haitian Creole; both meaning "North East") is one of the ten departments of Haiti, located in northern Haiti. It has an area of , making it the smallest of all the departments. It had an estimated population of 393,967 as of 2015. Its capital is Fort Liberté. It was a part of the Nord department.

The department was part of the Taino kasika of Marien on the border with the Magua. The Taino settlement of Bayaha around the Fort Liberté area.

The city of Fort Liberté is one of the earliest European settlements in the Caribbean with the creation of Puerto Real (Port Royal) in 1503.

Toussaint Brave and Clearveaux of the Armée Indigène and followers of Toussaint Louverture, commander of the first division of the North signatories of the Haitian Declaration of Independence. Clearveaux died suspectly just before Dessalines assassination. King Henry was crowned in Fort Liberté and changed the name to Fort Royal. The town played a big role in the fight against the occupation of the 1930s by the United States.

It is bordered to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Centre department, to the east by the Dominican Republic through the province of Dajabon, and to the west by Nord Department. Most of the department is part of the Plaine du Nord Cibao Valley with the southern part being the Massif du Nord. The coastal plain has the Bay of Caracol, the biggest mangrove forest in Haiti and the Bay of Fort Liberty, the island's only bilobal pouched shape bay of the island is 5 times the size of the Bay of Havana. Tee bay harbors many islands, cays, and reefs. The biggest island in the Bay is Bayo Island. The most important rivers are the Manon River and Massacre River. Three Bays Protected Area is the most important park in the department.

The economy of the department depends notably on commerce with Ounaminthes Dajabon.

The city of Fort Liberté has known a reserge in touris lokal.

The department has two industrial parks: Caracol and SONAPI.

The RN3 connects the department to the Centre Department. The RN6 connects the department to the North Department and the Dominican Republic. The port of Fort Liberté is not open to foreign commerce.