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Haiti

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Coordinates: 19°00′N 72°25′W / 19.000°N 72.417°W / 19.000; -72.417

Republic o Haiti

Banner o Haiti
Banner
Coat o airms o Haiti
Coat o airms
Motto: 
"Liberté, égalité, fraternité" (French)[1]
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
'Motto on tradeetional coat o airms:'
"L'union fait la force" (French)
"Union maks strenth"
AnthemLa Dessalinienne  (French)
"The Dessalines Song"
Location o Haiti
Location o Haiti
Caipital
and largest city
Port-au-Prince
18°32′N 72°20′W / 18.533°N 72.333°W / 18.533; -72.333
Offeecial leids
Ethnic groups
95% Black
5% mulatto an white[2]
Demonym(s)Haitian
GovrenmentUnitar semi-presidential republic
• Preses
Edgard Leblanc Fils
Fritz Belizaire
LegislaturPairlament
Senate
Chaumer o Deputes
Independence 
frae Fraunce
Aurie
• Total
27,750 km2 (10,710 sq mi) (140t)
• Water (%)
0.7
Population
• 2023 estimate
11,470,261 (83t)
• Density
413/km2 (1,069.7/sq mi) (34t)
GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
$38.952 billion[3]
• Per capita
$3,185[4]
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Tot
$25.986 billion[3]
• Per capita
$2,215[4]
Gini (2012)41.1[5]
medium
HDI (2022)Increase 0.552[6]
medium · 158t
CurrencyHaitian gourde (G) (HTG)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC-4 (EDT)
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+509
ISO 3166 codeHT
Internet TLD.ht   .gouv.ht   .edu.ht[7]
Territorial organization

Haiti (pronounced /ˈheɪti/ (deprecatit template); French Haïti, pronounced [a.iti]; Haitian Creole: Ayiti, [ajiti]), offeecially the Republic o Haiti (République d'Haïti ; Repiblik Ayiti) is a Caribbean kintra. It occupies the wastren, smawer portion o the island o Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares wi the Dominican Republic. Ayiti (land o heich muntains) wis the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the muntainous wastren side o the island. The kintra's heichest pynt is Pic la Selle, at 2,680 metres (8,793 ft). The tot area o Haiti is 27,750 square kilometres (10,714 sq mi) an its caipital is Port-au-Prince. French an Haitian Creole are the offeecial leids.

Gallarie

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References

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  1. "Article 4 of the Constitution". Haiti-reference.com. Retrieved 24 Julie 2013.
  2. "Haiti". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 31 Januar 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. a b "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023 Edition. (Haiti)". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 1 Mey 2024.
  4. a b Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named imf2
  5. "Gini Index". The World Bank. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  6. "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF) (in Inglis). United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 1 Mey 2024.
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171010190048/http://www.montagulaw.com/documents/gtlds_cctlds.xls Archived 2017-10-10 at the Wayback Machine gTLDs, ccTLDs]