Port-au-Prince
capital of Haiti
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Port-au-Prince is a commune of Haiti[1]. Port-au-Prince ranks in the top 0.77% of commune of haiti entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,853 views/month, #1 of 130).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Port-au-Prince Arrondissement[3]
- Country: Haiti[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Gulf of Gonâve[5]
- Head of government: Lucsonne Janvier[6]
- Instance of: city or town[7], big city[8]
- Official language: French[9], Haitian Creole[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Turgeau[11], Martissant[12], Morne l'Hôpital[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Miami[14], Montreal[15], Baton Rouge[16], Liège[17], Montevideo[18]
- Postal code: HT6110[19]
- Commons category: Port-au-Prince[20]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[21]
- Local dialing code: 21[22]
- Inception: 1749[23]
- Significant event: Siege of Port-au-Prince[24]
- Official website: https://portauprince.ht/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Port-au-Prince[26]
- Commons gallery: Port-au-Prince[27]
- Population: 987,310[28]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[31]
- Capital of: Haiti[32], Ouest[33]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Port-au-Prince[34]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Port-au-Prince[35]
- Demonym: Port-au-princien[36], Principortain[37], Principortaine[38], Port-au-princienne[39]
- Native label: Pòtoprens[40]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Port-au-Prince[41]
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Physical Characteristics
Port-au-Prince covers an area of 36,040,000 m²[42]. Port-au-Prince sits at an elevation of 98 m[43].
Why It Matters
Port-au-Prince has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Port-au-Prince is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]