HaitiNikki

=__Haiti__=

Haiti's national anththem is [|La Dessalinienne]

__Location__
This is a political map of Haiti. Click on it to enlarge it. The capital of Haiti is Port-Au-Prince. It's absolute location is 82.24 N; 72.18 W It's relative location is west of the Dominican Republic. Other [|major cities] are Cap-Haitien, Carrefour, Delmas, and Petionville.

__Place__
This is a physical map of Haiti. Click on it to enlarge it.

Some physical features are: (Click on each to enlarge them).

The Gonave Bay.

The Chaine De La Selle Mountain Range.

Ayiti Hills

The [|President] is Rene Preval

The climate in Haiti is tropical and mountainous. Click [|here] for this weeks weather forcast in Haiti. The currency used is a [|gourde]. 100 centimes is worth one gourde.

Cultural pictures: This is bananes pesees, made of fried plantain discs.

Here is an average home in Haiti. It is in shambles, made of plastic bags, wood, and basically anything sturdy this family could find. Click on this picture to see more homes, and a program made to help build better homes in Haiti.

Some clothes of Haiti. Note how they're sold on the street.

Haiti's official university.

Here are some statistics: [|Population] (2003 est.): 8,326,000 [|Major languages]: Creole and French [|Major religions]: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16%, and Baptist 10% [|Life expectancy] for a male: 48.5 [|Life expectancy] for a female: 49.5 [|Literacy rate]: Males: 54.8% Females: 51.2% [|Major ethnic groups]: Black 95%, White and Mullato 5% Number of endangered: [|Mammals]: 4 [|Reptiles]: 8 [|Fish]: 2 [|Airports]: 12 [|Telephones]: 140,000 (in 2004) [|Exports]: manufactures, coffee, oils, cocoa, and mangoes [|Imports]: Food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, and raw materials [|People living with HIV] (2003 est.): 280,000 [|People that died from HIV] (2003 est.): 24,000 [|Total area]: 27,750 square km.

__Human-Environment Interaction__
Timeline:

[|1492] - Christopher Columbus claimed Hipaniola for Spain. [|1697] - Spain claims western part of Hispaniola to France, making it seperate as Haiti. [|1804] - Haiti became independant from France and Jacques Dessalines claimed himself emperor. [|1806] - Dessalines assasinated and the country is separated into black controlling the north and mulato controlling the south. [|1818-1843] - Pierre Boyer unifies Haiti, but blacks are kept out of power. [|1956] - Voodoo physician Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier takes power in military and is elected president a year later.

Rainforest is almost everywhere in Haiti, especially North and southwest of Port au Prince.

__Movement__
[|Coffee] is a major rescourse exported from Haiti. The cost of a plane flight to Port Au Prince from Albany, New York is [|$753.93] [|France] used to rule Haiti until 1804.

__Region__
Haiti is located in the Caribbean Islands. It's in the Southern hemispere.