Port-au-Prince

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Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of Haiti, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
callingCode +509
capitalOf Haiti
capitalOfAdministrativeDivision Ouest Department
continent North America
country Haiti
currencyUsed Haitian gourde
demographicsEthnicGroup Afro-Haitians
drivingSide right
elevationAboveSeaLevel 0–300 metres
experiencedMajorEarthquake 2010 Haiti earthquake
foundedBy French colonists
foundingDate 1749
governingCountryCapitalSince 1804
hasClimate tropical wet and dry climate
hasFunction major Caribbean port
seat of the Haitian government
hasHarbor Port of Port-au-Prince
hasInternationalAirport Toussaint Louverture International Airport
hasMajorUniversity State University of Haiti
hasNotableCathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
hasNotableSquare Champ de Mars
hasParliamentBuilding Haitian Parliament
hasPresidentialPalace National Palace of Haiti
isCulturalCenterOf Haiti
isEconomicCenterOf Haiti
isPoliticalCenterOf Haiti
isPortCityOn Caribbean Sea
KöppenClimateClassification Aw
largestCityOf Haiti
locatedIn Gulf of Gonâve
locatedInAdministrativeDivision Ouest Department
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOn Bay of Port-au-Prince
linked to: Gulf of Gonâve
locatedOnIsland Hispaniola
majorReligion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
Vodou
linked to: Haitian Vodou
officialLanguage French
Haitian Creole
populationEstimateYear 2020
postalCodeFormat HT6XXX
primaryEnergySource imported petroleum products
subcontinent Caribbean
timeZoneDSTOffset UTC−04:00
timeZoneUTCOffset UTC−05:00
UNLOCODE HTPAP
linked to: HT

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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen locatedIn Port-au-Prince
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen countryCapital Port-au-Prince
Haiti capital Port-au-Prince
Haiti largestCity Port-au-Prince
Francophonie hasKeyCity Port-au-Prince
AeroCaribbean servedCity Port-au-Prince
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen locatedIn Port-au-Prince
subject linked to: AKA
Ouest Department capital Port-au-Prince
Ouest Department containsCity Port-au-Prince
Ouest Department containsPort Port-au-Prince port
linked to: Port-au-Prince
Hispaniola containsCity Port-au-Prince
Holy Trinity Music School city Port-au-Prince
Holy Trinity Music School locatedIn Port-au-Prince
Holy Trinity Music School regionServed Port-au-Prince metropolitan area
linked to: Port-au-Prince
Wilson Bigaud workLocation Port-au-Prince
Préféte Duffaut placeOfDeath Port-au-Prince, Haiti
linked to: Port-au-Prince
Préféte Duffaut workLocation Port-au-Prince, Haiti
linked to: Port-au-Prince
Gabriel Leveque workLocation Port-au-Prince
Haiti After the Earthquake setting Port-au-Prince
Rigaud Benoit placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
An Untamed State settingLocation Port-au-Prince
Léogâne nearbyCity Port-au-Prince
KAYTRANADA placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
Jacques I capitalOfRealm Port-au-Prince
Edwidge Danticat placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
Emperor Jacques I placeOfBurial Port-au-Prince, Haiti
linked to: Port-au-Prince
Emperor Jacques I residence Port-au-Prince
Cité Soleil locatedIn Port-au-Prince metropolitan area
linked to: Port-au-Prince
Cité Soleil capitalOfCountryNearby Port-au-Prince
Cité Soleil hasBorderWith Port-au-Prince
Petit-Goâve locatedWestOf Port-au-Prince
Haitian Parliament meetsIn Port-au-Prince
State University of Haiti locatedIn Port-au-Prince
State University of Haiti city Port-au-Prince
National Museum of Haiti location Port-au-Prince
Arcahaie locatedNorthOf Port-au-Prince
Ganthier proximityTo Port-au-Prince
Ganthier hasNearbyUrbanCenter Port-au-Prince
Gulf of Gonâve hasMajorPort Port-au-Prince
Gulf of Gonâve hasCoastalCity Port-au-Prince
Gulf of Gonâve locatedWestOf Port-au-Prince
Université Quisqueya city Port-au-Prince
Université Quisqueya locatedIn Port-au-Prince, Haiti
linked to: Port-au-Prince
Université Quisqueya servesCommunity Port-au-Prince metropolitan area
linked to: Port-au-Prince
Española hasCapitalOnIsland Port-au-Prince