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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Michaëlle Jean placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
Pont Rouge locatedIn Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: Port-au-Prince metropolitan area
Pont Rouge locatedNear Port-au-Prince
Pont Rouge partOf Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: commune of Port-au-Prince
Pont Rouge partOfHistoryOf Port-au-Prince
Gérard Basquiat placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
Mirebalais locatedNorthOf Port-au-Prince
Mirebalais countryCapitalNearest Port-au-Prince
Haitians capitalCityOfCountryOfOrigin Port-au-Prince
J/P Haitian Relief Organization regionServed Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: Port-au-Prince metropolitan area
United States Ambassador to Haiti seat Port-au-Prince
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince territoryIncludes Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: Port-au-Prince metropolitan area
Jean-Pierre Boyer residence Port-au-Prince
Gonaïves locatedNorthOf Port-au-Prince
Mireille Duval Jameson visits Port-au-Prince
Mireille Duval Jameson isKidnappedIn Port-au-Prince
Haitian Air Force headquartersLocation Port-au-Prince
Haitian Air Force garrison Port-au-Prince
Louis Boisrond-Tonnerre placeOfDeath Port-au-Prince
Operation Uphold Democracy location Port-au-Prince
Léogâne (town) locatedWestOf Port-au-Prince
subject surface form: Léogâne
Léogâne (town) countryCapital Port-au-Prince
subject surface form: Léogâne
Route Nationale No. 2 connects Port-au-Prince
Route Nationale No. 2 serves Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: Port-au-Prince metropolitan area
Route Nationale No. 2 terminusCity Port-au-Prince
Yéle Haiti operatedIn Port-au-Prince
President of Haiti seat Port-au-Prince
First Empire of Haiti capital Port-au-Prince
Jean Pascal placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
this entity surface form: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Louis Kevin Celestin placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
Andre Kostelanetz placeOfDeath Port-au-Prince
U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince locatedIn Port-au-Prince
Raoul Peck placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince
Help Is on the Way hasLyricSubject Port-au-Prince