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It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is 27,750 km² (10,714 sq mi), the third largest country in the Caribbean, and has an estimated population of 11.4 million,0 making it the most populous Caribbean country. The capital is Port-au-Prince.

Haiti is a founding member of the United Nations, Organization of American States (OAS), Association of Caribbean States, and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. In addition to CARICOM, it is a member of the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. Historically poor and politically unstable, Haiti has the lowest Human Development Index in the Americas, as well as widespread slavery. (Full article...)

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Tortuga Island (French: Île de la Tortue, IPA: [il də la tɔʁty]; Haitian Creole: Latòti; Spanish: Isla Tortuga, IPA: [ˈisla toɾˈtuɣa], Turtle Island) is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola. It constitutes the commune of Île de la Tortue in the Port-de-Paix arrondissement of the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti.

Tortuga is 180 square kilometres (69 square miles) in size and had a population of 25,936 at the 2003 census. In the 17th century, Tortuga was a major center and haven of Caribbean piracy. Its tourist industry and references in many works have made it one of the most recognized regions of Haiti. (Full article...)

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...that Hurricane Gordon was a Category 1 hurricane that killed 1,122 people in Haiti in 1994 and that the hurricane name was not retired by the World Meteorological Organization?
...that the African-American dancer Lavinia Williams gave up ballet stardom in the United States to spend decades developing national schools of Caribbean traditional dance in Haiti, Guyana, and the Bahamas?
...that the sailors of the Santa María shipwrecked in Haiti were infected by the first reported cases of tungiasis, a disease caused by burrowing fleas?

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Statue of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, figure of the Haitian revolution.

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Image 1Bread market in St. Michel, 1928–1929 (from History of Haiti)
Image 2"The Mode of exterminating the Black Army, as practiced by the French", by Marcus Rainsford, 1805 (from History of Haiti)
Image 3Fishing village in Haiti, 1996 (from History of Haiti)
Image 4Staff of the German legation and the Hamburg-Amerika Line agency at Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1900. The agency was involved in the staffing and management of the legation. German nationals were comparatively numerous in Haiti and heavily involved in the Haitian economy until World War I. (from History of Haiti)
Image 5Jean-Claude and Michèle Duvalier en route to the airport to flee the country, 7 February 1986 (from History of Haiti)
Image 6U.S. Marines patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince on 9 March 2004 (from History of Haiti)
Image 7Haitian Folk Singer Manno Charlemagne (from Culture of Haiti)
Image 8Paul Magloire (from History of Haiti)
Image 9"Revenge taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties practiced on them by the French", by Marcus Rainsford, 1805 (from History of Haiti)
Image 10The ruins of the Sans-Souci Palace, severely damaged in the 1842 earthquake and never rebuilt (from History of Haiti)
Image 11Opening of the mausoleum of Pétion and Dessalines in 1926 (from History of Haiti)
Image 12François Duvalier in 1968 (from History of Haiti)
Image 13Citadelle Laferrière, built by Henri Christophe, is the largest fortress in the Americas. (from History of Haiti)
Image 14Flamingo tongue on a purple sea fan from Arcadin Islands, Haiti. This sea snail is found living on various species of soft corals and sea fans. (from Environment of Haiti)
Image 15Lysius Salomon (from History of Haiti)
Image 16Fabre Geffrard (from History of Haiti)
Image 17The battle of Santo Domingo (1806) painted by Nicholas Pocock in 1808 (from History of Haiti)
Image 18U.S. Coast Guard intercepting Haitian refugees, 1998 (from History of Haiti)
Image 19Bishop's House in Cap-Haitien, 1907 (from History of Haiti)
Image 202004 Haiti flood (from Environment of Haiti)
Image 21American Marines in 1915 defending the entrance gate in Cap-Haïten (from History of Haiti)
Image 22Jean-Pierre Boyer (from History of Haiti)
Image 23The French army led by Le Clerc lands in Cap Français (1802) (from History of Haiti)
Image 24Charles Rivière-Hérard (from History of Haiti)
Image 25Michel Martelly (from History of Haiti)
Image 26A sugar mill in Haiti (L'Homme et la Terre by Élisée Reclus, 1830–1905) (from History of Haiti)
Image 27Swearing-in ceremony of Haitian Diaspora GwètòDe (Clergy in Vodou) (from Culture of Haiti)
Image 28Jovenel Moïse (from History of Haiti)
Image 29As the unofficial leader of the revolution, Toussaint L'Ouverture is considered the father of Haiti. (from History of Haiti)
Image 30Leclerc's veterans storm Ravine-a-Couleuvre (Snake Gully) in 1802. (from History of Haiti)
Image 31Marine's base at Cap-Haïtien (from History of Haiti)
Image 32The National Palace burned down during the revolt against Salnave in 1868 (from History of Haiti)
Image 33United States Marines and a Haitian guide patrolling the jungle in 1915 during the Battle of Fort Dipitie (from History of Haiti)
Image 34Kanaval in Jacmel Haiti 2014 03 (from Culture of Haiti)
Image 35President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns triumphantly to the National Palace at Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1994 (from History of Haiti)
Image 36Michel Domingue (from History of Haiti)
Image 37Dumarsais Estimé (from History of Haiti)
Image 38René Préval (from History of Haiti)
Image 39The Kingdom of Haiti in the North and the Republic of Haiti in the South (from History of Haiti)
Image 40The coronation of Faustin I of Haiti in 1849 (from History of Haiti)
Image 41Port-au-Prince and surroundings at the start of the 19th century (from History of Haiti)
Image 42Battle for Santo Domingo, by January Suchodolski (1845) (from History of Haiti)
Image 43"Burning of the Plaine du Cap – Massacre of whites by the blacks". On 22 August 1791, slaves set fire to plantations, torched cities, and massacred the white population. (from History of Haiti)
Image 44Élie Lescot (from History of Haiti)
Image 45Provisional President Boniface Alexandre (2004–2006) led the intervention of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti in 2004 (from History of Haiti)
Image 46Christopher Columbus landing on the island of Hispaniola in 1492. (from History of Haiti)
Image 47Market street in Port-au-Prince, 1996 (from History of Haiti)
Image 48Sténio Vincent (from History of Haiti)
Image 49Large portions of the National Palace collapsed (from History of Haiti)
Image 50U.S. troops seizing Port-au-Prince airfield, September 1994 (from History of Haiti)
Image 51Jean-Jacques Dessalines (from History of Haiti)
Image 52Engraving of Cap-Français in 1728 (from History of Haiti)

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