Explore Haiti in North America
Description and Basic Information
Haiti with its capital Port-au-Prince is located in North America (Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola). It covers some 27,751 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Maryland) with 8,924,000 citizens. Haitian; Haitian Creole and French are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Haiti. Dominican Republic is a bordering country.
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About Haiti
The terrain offers mostly rough and mountainous. The average density of population is about 321 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds. Possible natural disasters include lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October or occasional flooding and earthquakes or periodic droughts.
To reach someone in Haiti dial +509 prior to a number. There are 108,300 installed telephones. And there are 3,648,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of none Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ht". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 110V - 60Hz.
The country consists of 10 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Haiti
Tourism Information
Official Tourism Office
8, Rue Legitime
Champ de Mars
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Phone: +509 221 5960
Fax: +509 222 8659
Unesco World Heritage Properties
National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers
These Haitian monuments date from the beginning of the 19th century, when Haiti proclaimed its independence. The Palace of Sans Souci, the buildings at Ramiers and, in particular, the Citadel serve...
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Haiti
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Haiti has declined over the last 10 years by 3.4 births per thousand from 32.1 in 2001 to 28.7 in 2010. Currently, 264,128 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Haiti has declined over the last 10 years by 2.1 deaths per thousand from 10.5 in 2001 to 8.4 in 2010. Currently, 77,214 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Haiti is growing at an rate of 1.84% (or by 169,337 citizens). Each year 17,578 people leave this country (or 1.90 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.03%. Or an total increase of 186,915 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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