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May 1, 2024 · A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti’s southern peninsula in 2021, causing well over 2,000 deaths; an estimated 500,000 required emergency humanitarian aid. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, as well as one of the most unequal in wealth distribution.
Mar 14, 2024 · Haiti country profile - BBC News. 14 March. Haiti became the world's first black-led republic and the first independent Caribbean state when it threw off French colonial control and slavery in...
Hispaniola ( / ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə /, [3] [4] [5] also UK: /- pænˈ -/) [6] [7] [8] [9] is the name colonialist spaniards name the island of Ayiti/Quisqueya mordern day Haiti/Dominican Republic in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles.
Dec 22, 2021 · Haiti - The World Factbook. Explore All Countries. Haiti. Central America. Page last updated: December 22, 2021. Photos of Haiti. View 5 Photos. Introduction. Background. The native Taino - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when Christopher COLUMBUS first landed on it in 1492 - were virtually wiped out by Spanish settlers within 25 years.
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
Haiti , officially Republic of Haiti, Country in the West Indies, occupying the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic to the east. Area: 10,450 sq mi (27,065 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 12,436,000. Capital: Port-au-Prince. Almost the entire population is of African or African-European descent.
