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Port-au-Prince (/ ˌ p ɔːr t oʊ ˈ p r ɪ n s / 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. [ 2 ]
Jean-Bertrand Aristide was born into poverty in Port-Salut, Sud on 15 July 1953. His father died three months after Aristide was born, [10] and he later moved to Port-au-Prince with his mother. [11] At age five, Aristide started school with priests of the Salesian order. [12]
Full name City Department Stadium Aigle Noir AC: Aigle Noir Athlétic Club Port-au-Prince: Ouest: Stade Sylvio Cator: America FC: America Football Club des Cayes Les Cayes: Sud: Parc Mister Henry: Baltimore SC: Baltimore Sportif Club Saint-Marc: Artibonite: Parc Levelt: AS Capoise: Association Sportive Capoise Cap-Haïtien: Nord: Parc Saint ...
October 1963. En route to Caracas, Flight 203 is diverted to Port-au-Prince when a passenger named Henry (guest star Harris Yulin) appears to suffer a heart attack. At the airport, Colette negotiates with Haitian rebels to use their jeep to find a doctor. Ted and Colette leave on their search and encounter an orphaned girl.
The first port development in Port-au-Prince (Fort Islet) dates back to colonial times. In fact, it was backfilling a rocky reef, in order to provide for the establishment of a defense system for ships sheltered in the bay, to protect them against attack ships belonging to other powers, pirates and privateers plying the region.
The Stade Sylvio Cator is a multi-purpose stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is currently used mostly for association football matches, and is turfed with artificial turf . [ 2 ]
Port-au-Prince Bay extends from the Pointe de Trou Forban in the northwest to the Pointe de Cà-lra in the southwest [1] and is about 40 km (25 mi) wide and about 50 km (31 mi) long. The Grise , Bâtarde , Froide , and Momance Rivers as well as the Boucanbrou Canal flow into Port-au-Prince Bay.
Violette is one of the most successful clubs in the country. In 1939, Violette A.C. captured the double after winning the league and the Coupe d'Haïti. [citation needed] They were awarded the 1984 CONCACAF Champions' Cup following the disqualification of two teams who had been planned to play a two-legged series to determine the North American participant in the final. [6]