Haiti (Nation) AKA Republic of Haiti, Hayti
Haiti
1492 AD
AKA Republic of Haiti, Hayti
CCountry located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea
- to the east of Cuba and Jamaica
- south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
To its south-west lies the small Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration.
Haiti is 27,750 km2 (10,714 sq mi) in size, the third largest country in the Caribbean by area, and has an estimated population of 11.4 million, making it the most populous country in the Caribbean.
The capital is Port-au-Prince.
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