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Haiti
| Location |
In the Greater Antilles, between Caribbean Sea, N Atlantic Ocean |
| Latitude and longitude |
19 00 N, 72 25 W |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Republic of Haiti"; shares island
of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic |
| Population |
8,988,000 |
| Census notes |
est. June 30, 2004 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
27,560 |
| Capital |
Port-au-Prince |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| La Constitution de la République d'Haïti
(French), from the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Washington,
D.C. |
| La Constitution de la République d'Haïti
(French), from Droit Francophone |
| Constitution
of Haiti, from the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in
Washington, D.C. |
| Constitution
of Haiti, from the Political Database of the Americas, Georgetown
University |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Association of Caribbean States, Total
Population |
| Country
profile: Haiti, from the BBC News |
| Description du droit national,
from Droit Francophone (French) |
| Embassy of the Republic of Haiti
in Washington, D.C. |
| Haiti,
Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003) |
| Haiti,
U.S. Library of Congress Country Study (1989) |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| Territorial
Divisions of the Republic of Haiti |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Haiti |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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