Haiti
72°25′W / 19.000°N 72.417°W / 19.000; -72.417
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.
Republic o Haiti
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Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" (French) 'Motto on tradeetional coat o airms:'"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" "L'union fait la force" (French) "Union maks strenth" | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Port-au-Prince 18°32′N 72°20′W / 18.533°N 72.333°W |
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| Ethnic groups | 95% Black 5% mulatto an white |
| Demonym(s) | Haitian |
| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Vacant |
• Prime Meenister | Vacant |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Chaumer o Deputes |
| Independence frae Fraunce | |
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• Total | 27,750 km2 (10,710 sq mi) (140t) |
• Water (%) | 0.7 |
| Population | |
• 2015 estimate | 10,604,000 (85t) |
• Density | 382/km2 (989.4/sq mi) (32nt) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $19.979 billion |
• Per capita | $1,819 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $7.897 billion |
• Per capita | $719 |
| Gini (2012) | 60.8 verra heich |
| HDI (2015) |  0.493law · 163rd |
| Currency | Haitian gourde (G) (HTG) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +509 |
| ISO 3166 code | HT |
| Internet TLD | .ht .gouv.ht .edu.ht |
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