 Haiti
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
19 00 N, 72 25 W |
| Area |
total: 27,750 sq km land: 27,560 sq km water: 190 sq km |
| Climate |
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds |
| Terrain |
mostly rough and mountainous |
| Population |
8,706,497 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
French (official), Creole (official) |
| Imports |
food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials |
| Exports |
manufactures, coffee, oils, cocoa, mangoes |
| Hazards |
lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| Resources |
bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower |
| Geography |
shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic) |
| Nationality |
noun: Haitian(s) adjective: Haitian |
| Capital |
name: Port-au-Prince geographic coordinates: 18 32 N, 72 20 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October |
| Internet Country Code |
.ht |
| Internet Users |
500,000 (2005) |
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