Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2018 | Page 344
haiti
POPULATION
SIZE
10.31 million (2013) 27,750 sq. kilometers
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE CAPITAL CITY
French
CURRENCY
Haitian Gourde
(1 US dollar equals 42 Haitian Gourdes)
Port-au-Prince
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
26.60 C / 800 F
Haiti was discovered in 1492
by Christopher Columbus who
gave it its name. It is located on
the island of Hispaniola in the
Caribbean Sea which consists of
two countries - The Dominican
Republic and Haiti. Haiti occupies
1/3 while The Dominican Republic
occupies 2/3 of Hispaniola.
Haiti is primarily populated by
African-Caribbean people with a
history of French colonialism.
[Source: Bob Corbett, August 1999]