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The seaport in relation to the city. The Port international de Port-au-Prince (UN/LOCODE: HTPAP [1]) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. It suffered catastrophic damage in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Some of docks and warehouses are operated by the government's Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN), and some are run by private ...
Damage to infrastructure in the 2010 Haiti earthquake was extensive and affected areas included Port-au-Prince, Petit-Goâve, Léogâne, Jacmel and other settlements in southwestern Haiti. In February Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. [ 1 ]
This is a list of populated places and structures affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a magnitude 7.0 M w earthquake that occurred on 12 January 2010, with an epicentre approximately 25 km (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, [1] and affected an estimated three million people. [2]
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's government on Thursday said it would extend a state of emergency around Port-au-Prince for another month as gang violence that has threatened to bring down the ...
Map of Haiti The National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti before the 2010 earthquake. The well-preserved Cathedral Notre-Dame of Cap-Haïtien Labadee beach and village Les Cayes entrance Colonial architecture in Les Cayes Church in Anse d'Hainault Administrative center in Corail Jean-Jacques Dessalines Legacy Statue Saut-d'Eau Waterfall Les Cayes Cathedral Labadee beach, Haïti, close to Cap ...
On 5 March, with the Port-au-Prince airport shut down by gang attacks, Henry's chartered plane was also prevented from landing in Santo Domingo, and was diverted to San Juan, Puerto Rico. [ 23 ] [ 158 ] [ 159 ] Over the next days US military airlifted out its embassy personnel [ 160 ] and the European Union evacuated all diplomatic staff from ...
A deadly alliance of armed groups continued to tighten its grip on Haiti’s capital, launching a series of coordinated and simultaneous attacks Monday around Port-au-Prince, including near the ...
Over 5,300 people have been killed in Haiti since January and more than 12,000 since the start of 2022, according to the U.N., while over 700,000 have been internally displaced.