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Capital Haiti : |
Port-au-Prince .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Haiti :
| Dominican Republic 360 km .
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| Climate Haiti :
| tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds .
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| Life expectancy Haiti :
| 51.78 years .
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| Fertility rate Haiti :
| 4.76 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Haiti :
| elected government .
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| Population Haiti :
| 7 656 166.
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| Area Total Haiti :
| 27,750 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Haiti :
| 130,000 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Haiti :
| 140,000 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Haiti :
| 509.
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| Sex ratio total Haiti :
| 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Haiti ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Haiti ratio 15 64 :
| 0.95 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Haiti ratio 65 :
| 0.89 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Haiti :
| $-48 million (2003) |
| HIV Haiti :
| 5.6% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Haiti :
| 80% (2003 est.) |
| Literacy Haiti :
| 52,90% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Haiti :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Haiti :
| NA |
| Inflation Haiti :
| 37.8% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Haiti :
| widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.) |
| Internet Users Haiti :
| 80,000 (2002) |
| Location Haiti :
| Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic |
| Geographic Coordinates Haiti :
| 19 00 N, 72 25 W |
| Religion Haiti :
| Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982) |
| Administrative region Haiti :
| 9 departments (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est |
| Terrain Haiti :
| mostly rough and mountainous |
| Elevation extremes lowest Haiti :
| Caribbean Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Haiti :
| Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m |
| Natural resources Haiti :
| bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower |
| Land use arable land Haiti :
| 28,30% |
| Land use permanentcrops Haiti :
| 11,61% |
| Irrigated land Haiti :
| 750 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Haiti :
| lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| Environment current issues Haiti :
| extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water |
| Geography note Haiti :
| shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic) |
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