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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 ]
Map of Haiti The National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti before the 2010 earthquake. The well-preserved Cathedral Notre-Dame of Cap-Haïtien Labadee beach and village Les Cayes entrance Colonial architecture in Les Cayes Church in Anse d'Hainault Administrative center in Corail Jean-Jacques Dessalines Legacy Statue Saut-d'Eau Waterfall Les Cayes Cathedral Labadee beach, Haïti, close to Cap ...
A 2010 map of Port-au-Prince, showing the location of the National Palace, which is labeled Palais National. The National Palace (French: Palais National; Haitian Creole: Palè nasyonal) was the official residence of the president of Haiti, located in the capital Port-au-Prince, facing Place L'Ouverture near the Champs de Mars. [1]
[20] [21] [22] The capital and largest city is Port-au-Prince. Haiti was originally inhabited by the Taíno people. [23] In 1492, Christopher Columbus established the first European settlement in the Americas, La Navidad, on its northeastern coast.
It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of 4,982.56 square kilometres (1,923.78 sq mi) and a population of 4,029,705 (2015 estimate), making it both the largest department by area and the most populated department in Haiti.
The Port international de Port-au-Prince (UN/LOCODE: HTPAP [1]) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. It suffered catastrophic damage in the 2010 Haiti earthquake . Some of docks and warehouses are operated by the government's Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN), and some are run by private companies.
Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, is located on the coast of the gulf. Other cities on the gulf coast include Gonaïves , Saint-Marc , Léogane Miragoâne , and Jérémie . Several islands are located in the gulf, the largest being Gonâve Island , followed by the much smaller Cayemites .
Port-au-Prince (Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens) is an arrondissement in the Ouest department of Haiti. It had 2,109,516 inhabitants at the 2003 Census which was estimated to have risen to 2,759,991 in 2015 in an area of 735.78 sq km (284.09 sq mi). [2] [1] Postal codes in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement start with the number 61.