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Haiti (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 19 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 19.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 072 25 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -72.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises western part of Hispaniola and some smaller islands; was inhabited by Arawaks when Spaniards settled here; most Arawaks were killed by late 16th century; area was used by French pirates; French established plantations, brought Africans as slaves 17th century; official languages are Haitian Creole and French. |
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Haïti (preferred,C,V,French-P,U,N)
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Haïti, République d' (C,V)
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République d'Haïti (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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Ayiti (C,V,Haitian Creole French-P,U,N)
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Repiblik d’Ayiti (C,V,O,Haitian Creole French,U)
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Repiblik Dayti (C,V,Haitian Creole French,U)
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Haiti (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | original Arawak name that former slaves & rebels adopted for this area in 1804 |
Haiti, Republic of (C,V)
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Republic of Haiti (C,O,English,U,N)
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Haití (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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República de Haití (C,O,Spanish,U)
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Гаити (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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Республика Гаити (C,O,Russian,U)
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海地 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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海地共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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ها تًي (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةً ها تًي (C,O,Arabic,U)
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HTI (C,O,ISO3L)
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HT (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO332 (C,O,ISO3N)
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HA00 (C,O,FIPS)
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Haitian (C,O,English,U,A)
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האיטי (C,U,Hebrew )
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Saint-Domingue (H,V)
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............ | French colonial name, until 1804 |
Saint-Dominique (H,V)
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............ | French colonial name, until 1804 |
St. Domingue (H,V)
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............ | French colonial name, until 1804 |
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Haiti (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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declared its independence from France in 1804 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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colony (H) |
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17th-century-1804 |
republic (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Port-au-Prince .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Haiti, Ouest) [7005503] |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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