Port-au-Prince is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. Founded in 1749, it became the colonial seat of Saint-Domingue in 1770 and has served as Haiti's capital since independence in 1804. Its population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Population2022 figure, from Port-au-Prince's own Wikipedia infobox. Area (sq km) Founding Year1749 is Port-au-Prince's founding date per its own Wikipedia infobox; it became the colonial seat of Saint-Domingue in 1770 and the capital of independent Haiti in 1804. Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
Associated With
Haiti, Countries Port-au-Prince is the capital of Haiti.
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port-au-prince is associated with ouest-department.
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Capital Of
Port-au-Prince is the capital of Haiti.
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port-au-prince is the capital of ouest-department.
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Site Of
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Source Wikipedia: Brasserie Nationale d'Haïtitier 2
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Source State University of Haiti (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 2tier 2Quote, Lead sentence 2
It is located in Port-au-Prince.
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Palais de Justice, Port-au-Prince
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Source Supreme Court of Haiti (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph [seat-city]Quote, Lead paragraph [seat-city]
The Supreme Court building is located in Port-au-Prince.
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1. Port-au-Prince (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Port-au-Prince ( PORT oh PRINSS; French: [pɔʁ o pʁɛ̃s] ; Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens, [pɔtopɣɛ̃s]) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894.
Infobox, area
• Capital city and commune 36.04 km2 (13.92 sq mi)
Infobox, elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Infobox, coordinates
18°32′11″N 72°20′47″W
Infobox, founded
Founded 1749; Colonial Seat (Saint-Domingue) 1770; Capital of Haiti 1804
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Port-au-Prince ( PORT oh PRINSS; French: [pɔʁ o pʁɛ̃s] ; Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens, [pɔtopɣɛ̃s]) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti.
- In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Port-au-Prince - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3718426
18.54349 -72.33881 P PPLC HT 11 3718425 1234742 27 America/Port-au-Prince
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 27 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.75, -72.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.75, -72.25
18.75 -72.25 Aw
Ouest Department (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince.
Wikidata: Port-au-Prince
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