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
Claude Joseph
Ariel Henry
LegislaturPairlament
Senate
Chaumer o Deputes
Independence 
frae Fraunce
Aurie
• Total
27,750 km2 (10,710 sq mi) (140t)
• Water (%)
0.7
Population
• 2015 estimate
10,604,000[3] (85t)
• Density
382/km2 (989.4/sq mi) (32nt)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$19.979 billion[4]
• Per capita
$1,819[4]
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$7.897 billion[4]
• Per capita
$719[4]
Gini (2012)60.8[5]
verra heich
HDI (2015)Increase 0.493[6]
law · 163rd
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.

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References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  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. Haiti & The Dominican Republic IMF population estimates
  4. a b c d "Haiti". International Monetary Fund.
  5. "Gini Index". The World Bank. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  6. "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
  7. gTLDs, ccTLDs