Official Name: Republic of Haiti Location: Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic. Capital: Port au Prince Area: total: 27,750 sq km land: 27,560 sq km water: 190 sq km Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m Highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m

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Population: 8,706,497 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Haitian(s) Ethnic groups: Black 95%, mulatto and white 5%. Religions: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3%. Roughly half of the population also practices Voodoo. Languages: French (official), Creole (official).

Tropical. Semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds.

Government type: Elected government. Independence: 1 January 1804 (from France). National holiday: Independence Day, 1 January (1804).

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