Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
	Ville de Port-au-Prince
	Port-au-Prince
	Port-au-Prince
	Coordinates: 18°32′N 72°20′W / 18.533°N 72.333°WCoordinates: 18°32′N 72°20′W / 18.533°N 72.333°W
Kintra	Haiti
Depairtment	Ouest
Arrondissement	Port-au-Prince
Foondit	1749
Colonial seat	1770
Govrenment
• Mayor	Gabrielle Hyacinthe
Area
• City	36.04 km2 (13.92 sq mi)
Population (2009 Estimation)
• City	897,859
• Density	25,000/km2 (65,000/sq mi)
• Metro	2,509,939
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)

Port-au-Prince (/[unsupported input]ˌpɔːrtoʊˈprɪns/; French pronunciation: [pɔʁopʁɛ̃s]; Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens; Haitian Creole pronunciation: [pɔtopɣɛ̃s]) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Caribbean kintra o Haiti. The ceety's population wis 704,776 as o the 2003 census, an wis offeecially estimatit tae hae reached 897,859 in 2009.^[1]

The ceety o Port-au-Prince is on the Guwf o Gonâve: the bay on which the ceety lees, which acts as a natural harbor, haes sustained economic activity syne the ceevilizations o the Arawaks. It wis first incorporatit unner the colonial rule o the French, in 1749, an haes been Haiti's lairgest metropolis syne then. The ceety's layoot is similar tae that of an amphitheatre; commercial destricts are near the watter, while residential neebourheids are locatit on the hills abuin. Its population is difficult tae ascertain due tae the rapid growt o slums in the hillsides abuin the ceety; housomeivver, recent estimates place the metropolitan aurie's population at aroond 3.7 million, nearly hauf o the kintra's naitional population.^[2]

Port-au-Prince wis catastrophically affectit^[3] bi an earthquake on 12 Januar 2010, wi lairge numbers o structures damagit or destroyed. Haiti's government haes estimatit the daith toll at 230,000 an says mair bodies remain uncoontit.^[4]

Sister ceeties

Port-au-Prince haes twa sister ceeties:

Miami, Unitit States - 1991^[5]
Montreal, Canadae - 1995^[6]

References

↑ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2003 Census
↑ www.urbanres.net/docs/ToR-cityWidePlanning-Haiti_final.pdf
↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 15 Januar 2010. Retrieved 19 Juin 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Haiti Raises Earthquake's Death Toll to 230,000". 9 Februar 2010. Retrieved 10 Februar 2010. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |coauthors= (help); |first= missin |last= (help)
↑ "Sister City International Listings". Sister Cities International. Archived frae the original on 20 Februar 2012. Retrieved 2 Februar 2010.
↑ http://www11.ville.montreal.qc.ca/sherlock2/servlet/template/sherlock%2CAfficherDocumentInternet.vm/nodocument/20146;jsessionid=24C10045060CDD0AA23BD919B260FD0F Archived 2009-02-23 at the Wayback Machine

Freemit airtins

[census-1] Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2003 Census

[2] www.urbanres.net/docs/ToR-cityWidePlanning-Haiti_final.pdf

[3] "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 15 Januar 2010. Retrieved 19 Juin 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Haiti Raises Earthquake's Death Toll to 230,000". 9 Februar 2010. Retrieved 10 Februar 2010. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |coauthors= (help); |first= missin |last= (help)

[sisters-5] "Sister City International Listings". Sister Cities International. Archived frae the original on 20 Februar 2012. Retrieved 2 Februar 2010.

[6] ttp://www11.ville.montreal.qc.ca/sherlock2/servlet/template/sherlock%2CAfficherDocumentInternet.vm/nodocument/20146;jsessionid=24C10045060CDD0AA23BD919B260FD0F Archived 2009-02-23 at the Wayback Machine

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]