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Capital Cap Haïtien : |
Port-au-Prince .
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| Climate Cap Haïtien :
| tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds .
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| Life expectancy Cap Haïtien :
| 51.78 years .
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| Fertility rate Cap Haïtien :
| 4.76 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type :
| elected government .
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| Population :
| 7 656 166.
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| Area Total :
| 27,750 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use :
| 130,000 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular :
| 140,000 (2002) .
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| International Country Code :
| 509.
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Current account balance : $-48 million (2003) .
HIV Cap Haïtien : 5.6% (2003 est.)
Population below poverty line : 80% (2003 est.) . Literacy : 52,90%
House hold income lowest than 10% : NA
House hold income highest than 10% : NA
Inflation : 37.8% (2003 est.) .
Unemployment Rate : widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.) .
Internet Users : 80,000 (2002) .
Location Cap Haïtien : 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 : 19 00 N, 72 25 W .
Religion : Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982) .
Administrative region : 9 departments (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est .
Terrain : mostly rough and mountainous .
Elevation extremes lowest : Caribbean Sea 0 m .
Elevation extremes highest : Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m .
Natural resources : bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower .
Land use arable land : 28,30%.
Land use permanentcrops : 11,61%.
Irrigated land : 750 sq km (1998 est.) .
Natural hazards : 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 : 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 : shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic) .
Population : 7 656 166.
age -14 p : 42,20%.
age -14 men : 1 646 216.
age -14 ladies : 1 583 294.
age 15/64 p : 54,10%.
age 15/64 men : 2 018 914.
age 15/64 ladies : 2 124 287.
age +65 p : 3,70%.
age +65 men : 133 241.
age +65 ladies : 150 214.
date : 2004 est..
median age total : 18.1 years .
median age male : 17.6 years .
median age female : 18.7 years (2004 est.) .
population growth rate : 1.71% (2004 est.) .
population growth rate note : .
birth rate : 33.76 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
death rate : 13.21 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
net migration rate : -3.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female .
sex ratio under 15 : 1.04 male(s)/female .
sex ratio 15/64 : 0.95 male(s)/female .
sex ratio more 65 : 0.89 male(s)/female .
sex ratio total : 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
infant mortality rate male : 79.83 deaths/1,000 live births .
infant mortality rate female : 68.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
life expectancy at birth total : 51.78 years .
life expectancy at birth male : 50.52 years .
life expectancy at birth female : 53.12 years (2004 est.) .
total fertility rate : 4.76 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
Weather Cap Haïtien
Cap Haïtien weather January : 25 *
Cap Haïtien weather February : 25 *
Cap Haïtien weather March : 26 *
Cap Haïtien weather April : 26 *
Cap Haïtien weather May : 27 *
Cap Haïtien weather June : 28 *
Cap Haïtien weather July : 28 *
Cap Haïtien weather August : 28 *
Cap Haïtien weather September : 27 *
Cap Haïtien weather October : 27 *
Cap Haïtien weather November : 26 *
Cap Haïtien weather December : 25 *
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Rain Cap Haïtien
Rain Cap Haïtien January : 32 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien February : 50 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien March : 78 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien April : 156 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien May : 218 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien June : 96 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien July : 73 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien August : 140 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien September : 165 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien October : 164 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien November : 84 mm
Rain Cap Haïtien December : 34 mm
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Climat Cap Haïtien
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
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Temperature Cap Haïtien
Temperature Cap Haïtien January : 25 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien February : 25 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien March : 26 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien April : 26 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien May : 27 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien June : 28 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien July : 28 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien August : 28 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien September : 27 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien October : 27 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien November : 26 *
Temperature Cap Haïtien December : 25 *
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Cap-Haïtien (or Le Cap) (Okap or Kapayisyen in Kréyòl) is a city of about 111,094 people (2003 census) on the north coast of Haiti. It is the capital of Nord department. Due to its proximity to wide Caribbean beaches to its northwest, Cap-Haïtien has traditionally been a resort and vacation destination for Haïti's upper classes.
The central area of the city is located between the Bay of Cap-Haïtien to the east, and nearby mountainsides to the west, which are increasingly dominated by flimsy urban slums. The streets are generally narrow and arranged in grids. As a legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haïti from 1915-1934, Cap-Haïtien's north-south streets were renamed as single letters (beginning with Rue A, a major avenue), and its east-west streets with numbers. This system breaks down outside of the central city, which is itself dominated by numerous markets, churches, and low-rise apartment buildings (3-4 floors each) constructed primarily before and during the U.S. occupation. Many such buildings have balconies on the upper floors which overlook the narrow streets below, creating an intimate communal atmosphere during the Haitian dinner hours.
Cap-Haïtien is also the nearest sizeable city to the historic Haïtian town of Milot, which lies 12 miles to the southeast along a gravel road. Milot was Haïti's former capital under the self-proclaimed King Henri Christophe, who ascended to power in 1807, three years after Haïti had gained independence from France. As a result, Milot hosts the ruins of the Sans Souci palace, wrecked by a 19th-century earthquake, as well as the Citadelle Laferrière, a massive stone fortress bristling with cannons. The Citadelle is located five miles from Milot, atop a nearby mountain. On clear days, its silhouette is visible from Cap-Haitien.
Combined with grinding poverty, the instability caused by several coups and rebellions since 1991 have sharply curtailed the number of visitors to Cap-Haïtien, especially those from outside of Haïti.
The small Cap-Haïtien airport, located on the southeast edge of the city, is currently served by several small domestic airlines, and is patrolled by Chilean UN troops. International service to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida is provided five days per week by Lynx Air International. The city hosts several hundred UN personnel as part of the ongoing United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
Cap-Haïtien's distance from Haïti's capital, Port-au-Prince, combined with the dire condition of Haïti's transportation infrastructure, has often made Cap-Haïtien an incubator for revolutionary or anti-government figures. In February, 2004, the city was taken over by militants opposed to the rule of Haïtian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, presaging Aristide's eventual exile from power.
The walled Labadie beach resort compound is located six miles to the city's northwest, and has served as a brief stopover for Royal Caribbean cruise ships. Today, major Royal Caribbean Cruise ships, including the largest and most luxurious (Freedom of the Seas), dock weekly at Labadie, and plans are in the making for additional stopovers in Fort-Liberté, and Jacmel. The resort is connected to Cap-Haïtien by a mountainous dirt and gravel road.
Vertieres Vertiers around Cap-Haitien was the place of the last and defining Battle of the Haitian Revolution. This last battle of Haitian Revolution on November 1803, lead to the independence of Haiti, was fought between Haitian reels lead by Jean-Jacques Dessalines and the Freanch colonial army under General Comte de Rochambeau. This desesive blow was major loss for France and it's colonial empire.
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