All about HaitiBy: Kell Lorraine

Basic details on Haiti

Current Population: 9,035,536

Capital: Port-au-Prince

Total Area: 10,714 sq.mile(27,750 sq. km)

Ethnic Backgrounds: 95% Black, 5% mulatto, Arab and European

Languages': French ( official, but spoken by 20% of population) all speak creole

Religions: 80% Roman Catholic—of which majority also practice Voodoo, 16% Protestant

Government Type: Republic

Haiti’s Location

Haiti is an island in the Caribbean sea.

It’s latitude is 20°N and it’s longitude is 70° W.

Physical Map

Vegetation Map

In Haiti, there is mostly scrub in the land as you can see in the picture.

Climate

Haiti got most precipitation in May.

The highest temperature was in July.

Major Industries

Sugar refining textilesflourAnd 66% agriculture, 25% services, 9%

industry.

GDP (Per Capita in USD $)

$1,340

Unemployment Rate

The Unemployment Rate in Haiti is a formal sector between 70-80%.

More than two-thirds of Haitians do not have formal jobs.

Haiti Population below poverty line

Well Haiti is known to be one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, with 80% of the Caribbean nation’s population living under the poverty line and 54% in abject.

 Oil Production and Consumption

Haiti’s Oil Production: 0 bbl/day (most recent)

Haiti’s Oil Consumption: 12,370 bbl/day (most recent)

A little something Extra…Did you know that the Haitian's have their own flag day! Before the picture at the bottom became Haiti’s flag, they used the same flag as France, who they went to war with. A man named Toussaint Louverture realized that it did not make sense to use the same flag as their enemies. So… he created his on flag that had a African American's head in the middle on a white cloth. Eventually the army went back to its regular flag which is blue and red.

Politics and Government

The leader of Haiti is Rene Preval. He has named a replacement for the role of a prime minister after Michele Pierre-Louis was voted out of office.

Haiti's constitution was made on May 20th 1805. The three branches of government are: Legislative, Administrative, executive, Judicial, and Chamber of deputies.

ColonizationHaiti was colonized. It became a French colony in 1697. In 1689 Haiti was colonized by the French. On January 1st , 1804 Haiti got their independence. Haiti was the second country to declare independence. They got their independence by war. The majority of the people who fought in the war for independence were slaves. The war of independence affected Haiti in their agriculture, land development, natural resources, trade, ETC.

Why my country is Developing?

Haiti still remains one of the most poorest countries in the world. It is the least developed in the Western Hemisphere.

This entry is the total oil produced in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.

Definition for: Percent of population below poverty line-National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.

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