9 November 2012 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe National Palace in 2009 © flickr.com – DrGulas
Haiti is a
Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the
island of Hispaniola, in the
Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the
Dominican Republic.
Ayiti (
land of high mountains) was the indigenous
Taíno or
Amerindian name for the island. The country’s highest point is
Pic la Selle, at 2,680 metres (8,793 ft). The total area of Haiti is 27,750 square kilometres (10,714 sq mi) and its capital is
Port-au-Prince.
Haitian Creole and French are the official languages.
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