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 Presidential Palace of Haiti
surface form: 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 Gulf of Gonâve
surface form: Bay of Port-au-Prince
locatedOnIsland Hispaniola
majorReligion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
Haitian Vodou
surface form: Vodou
officialLanguage French
Haitian Creole
populationEstimateYear 2020
postalCodeFormat HT6XXX
primaryEnergySource imported petroleum products
subcontinent Caribbean
timeZoneDSTOffset UTC−04:00
timeZoneUTCOffset UTC−05:00
UNLOCODE HT
surface form: HTPAP

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Haiti capital Port-au-Prince
Ouest Department capital Port-au-Prince
Holy Trinity Music School city Port-au-Prince
Hispaniola containsCity Port-au-Prince
Ouest Department containsCity Port-au-Prince
Ouest Department containsPort Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: Port-au-Prince port
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen countryCapital Port-au-Prince
Francophonie hasKeyCity Port-au-Prince
Haiti largestCity Port-au-Prince
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen locatedIn Port-au-Prince
AKA locatedIn Port-au-Prince
subject surface form: Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen
Holy Trinity Music School locatedIn Port-au-Prince
Léogâne nearbyCity Port-au-Prince
KAYTRANADA placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
Rigaud Benoit placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
Préféte Duffaut placeOfDeath Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Holy Trinity Music School regionServed Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: Port-au-Prince metropolitan area
AeroCaribbean servedCity Port-au-Prince
Haiti After the Earthquake setting Port-au-Prince
An Untamed State settingLocation Port-au-Prince
Gabriel Leveque workLocation Port-au-Prince
Préféte Duffaut workLocation Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Wilson Bigaud workLocation Port-au-Prince