Basic Hait Info:
President: René Préval (2006)
Prime Minister: Jean-Max Bellerive (2009)
Land area: 10,641 sq mi (27,560 sq km); total area: 10,714 sq mi (27,750 sq km)
Population (2009 est.): 9,035,536 (growth rate: 1.8%); birth rate: 29.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 59.7/1000; life expectancy: 60.7; density per sq km: 323
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Port-au-Prince, 1,764,000 (metro. area), 1,119,000 (city proper)
Official languages: Haitian Creole, French
Monetary unit: Gourde
Ethnic groups: 95.0% black, 5% mulatto and white[1]
Government: Parliamentary republic
President: René Préval
Prime Minister: Jean-Max Bellerive
Formation
- Formed as Saint-Domingue 30 October 1697
- Independence declared 1 January 1804
- Independence recognized 17 April 1825
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