Hinche is a commune in the Centre department of Haiti. It has a population of about 50,000. It is the capital of the Centre department. Hinche is t…Hinche is a commune in the Centre department of Haiti. It has a population of about 50,000. It is the capital of the Centre department. Hinche is the hometown of Charlemagne Péralte, the Haitian nationalist leader who resisted the United States occupation of Haiti that lasted between 1915–1934.