Haiti

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Official Site: Haiti Embassy
Wikipedia: Haiti
Library of Congress: Haiti : Country Studies
BBC: Country profiles | Country profile: Haiti
U.S.Department of State: Haiti
CIA World Factbook: Haiti
Portals to the World: Haiti

Haiti News

Caribseek News: Online Haitian News
Le Matin: Le site Officiel du journal Le Matin
Haiti Progres: Weekly News
Google News: Haiti
The New York Times: Haiti News

Haiti Travel Information

Official Tourism Site: Haiti Tourism
U.S.Department of State: Haiti Travel Warning
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel Advice for Haiti
World 66: Haiti Travel Guide
Wikitravel: Haiti Travel Guide

Haiti Politics

Wikipedia,: Politics of Haiti
Governments on the WWW: Haiti
Portals to the World: Government, Politics, Law: Haiti
GlobalSecurity.org: Haiti Introduction
Latin-American Studies.org: Haiti Politics

Haiti Facts and History

Wikipedia: History of Haiti
BBC: Timeline: Haiti
Discover Haiti: Haiti History Summary
Timelines: Timeline Haiti
World InfoZone: Haiti Facts

Haiti Maps and Geography

Wikipedia: Geography of Haiti
Atlapedia Online: Haiti
HRW World Atlas: Haiti
Country Studies: Haiti - Geography
Profotos: Geography of the Country of Haiti
WorldAtlas.com: Haiti Map and Information Page

Haiti Capital

Mahalo's page on Port-au-Prince
Wikipedia: Port-au-Prince
World 66: Port-au-Prince Travel Guide
Weather Underground: Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Forecast

Haiti Major Cities

Mahalo's page on Cap-Haïtien
Wikipedia: Cap-Haïtien
World 66: Cap Haitien Travel Guide

Haiti Photos and Videos

Tube & Google Video Search: Haiti
Live Search Videos: Haiti
Google Image Search: Haiti
Live Search Images: Haiti
Yahoo! Image Search: Haiti

Related Searches

Hispaniola | Dominican Republic | Greater Antilles | Caribbean Sea | Atlantic Ocean | Cuba

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Guide Note:

The Caribbean nation of Haiti is located on the island of Hispaniola. Haiti shares a land border with the Dominican Republic, the only other nation on Hispaniola.

Fast Facts:

Capital: Port-au-Prince
Government: Presidential Republic
Population: 8,706,497 2007 estimate
Currency: Gourde (HTG)
Official Language: French | Haitian Creole
Voodoo is practiced on Haiti

Geography

Haiti occupies the western portion of Hispaniola, and lies only 43 miles across the Windward Passage from the island nation of Cuba. The nation's land mass curves around the Golfe de la Gonave, a large gulf which has the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince along its shores. </h2>Brief History</h2> Hispaniola, like other islands in the Caribbean, was occupied by Amerindians prior to the arrival of the Europeans. The French began settling the area in the 17th century and, helped by the importation of hundreds of thousands of African slaves, Haiti quickly became France's richest New World colony through the export of sugar, coffee, and indigo. In 1797, former slave Toussaint Louverture led a rebellion that helped secure Haiti's independence. The United States occupied the island from 1915 to 1934.

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