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Haiti, [b] officially the Republic of Haiti, [c][d] is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. [17][18] Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean, and with an ...
7 July 2018. (2018-07-07) – present (6 years, 2 months, 1 week and 5 days) Location. Haiti. Caused by. Misuse of loans from Venezuela (Petrocaribe) and social inequality. Rising taxes on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, and poor living conditions. Corruption, impunity.
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [2][3] the total population of Haiti in 2018 was 11,447,569, as compared to 3,221,000 in 1950. In 2015, the proportion of children below the age of 15 was 36.2%. 59.7% of the population was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 4.5% was 65 years or older. [4]
An old gingerbread house in Pacot. The Universite Roi Henri Christophe in Limonade. Milot from the gates of the Sans-Souci Palace. The beach resort of Club Indigo near Saint-Marc. Cathedral of Jérémie. Limbé river. Le Musée de Guahaba/Guahaba Museum. Sunset on the beach in Port-Salut. View of Jacmel.
Haiti was a French colony, and the final years of the 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution brought a wave of French settlers and their Haitian slaves to Cuba. They came mainly to the east, and especially Guantanamo, where the French later introduced sugar cultivation, constructed sugar refineries and developed coffee plantations.
1831. 22 September. The city of Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince named for Alexandre Pétion, is founded by Boyer. 1838. Haiti's remaining debt to France, 120 million francs, is reduced to 60 million francs. 1842. 7 May. An earthquake strikes northern Haiti, destroying the city of Cap-Haïtien.
Independent. Leader of the Haitian Revolution (1 January 1791 – 6 May 1802) Lieutenant Governor of Saint-Domingue (1797 – 7 July 1801) Governor-General for Life of the entire island of Hispaniola (7 July 1801 – 6 May 1802) Post vacant (6 May 1802 – 1 January 1804) 1. Jean-Jacques Dessalines. (1758–1806) 1 January 1804.
The first Jewish settlement. In 1492, the first Jew in Haiti was Luis de Torres, [2] an interpreter for Christopher Columbus. After Haiti was taken over and colonized by the French in 1633, many Dutch Jews (of whom many were Marrano) emigrated from Brazil in 1634 and became employees of the French sugar plantations and further developed the trade.