Haiti

E4291

Caribbean country island country sovereign state

Haiti is a Caribbean nation on the island of Hispaniola known for its rich Afro-Caribbean culture, history as the first independent Black republic, and frequent vulnerability to natural disasters.

Aliases (6)

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caribbean country → island country → sovereign state →
borderedBy	Dominican Republic →
callingCode	+509 →
capital	Port-au-Prince →
CARICOMMember	true →
colonialPower	France →
continent	North America →
culturalRegion	Afro-Caribbean →
currency	Haitian gourde →
demonym	Haitian →
drinkingWaterChallenge	limited access to safe drinking water →
drivesOn	right →
formerName	Saint-Domingue →
governmentType	unitary semi-presidential republic →
hasCoastlineOn	Atlantic Ocean → Caribbean Sea →
historicalSignificance	first independent Black republic → second independent nation in the Americas after the United States →
humanDevelopmentIndexCategory	low human development →
independenceDeclared	1804-01-01 →
independenceEvent	Haitian Revolution →
independenceFrom	France →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	HT →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	HTI →
largestCity	Port-au-Prince →
literaryLanguage	French → Haitian Creole →
locatedIn	Caribbean Sea →
locatedOn	island of Hispaniola →
majorEarthquake	2010 Haiti earthquake → 2021 Haiti earthquake →
majorEthnicGroup	Afro-Haitian →
majorNaturalDisasterType	earthquake → hurricane →
meaningOfName	land of high mountains →
musicGenreAssociated	compas → rara →
namedAfter	indigenous Taíno word Ayiti →
nationalAnthem	La Dessalinienne →
nationalMotto	L’union fait la force →
nationalMottoEnglish	Unity makes strength →
nationalMottoLanguage	French →
OASMember	true →
officialLanguage	French → Haitian Creole →
publicHealthChallenge	cholera outbreaks →
region	Greater Antilles →
religionMajority	Christianity →
religionSignificant	Protestantism → Roman Catholicism → Vodou →
sharesIslandWith	Dominican Republic →
timeZone	UTC−05:00 →
UNMemberStateSince	1945 →
UNRegion	Latin America and the Caribbean →
vulnerableTo	flooding → landslides → tropical storms →

Referenced by (156)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen → Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen → Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen ("Republic of Haiti") → Arawakan languages → Bishop Tharp Business and Technology Institute → Catholic Church in Haiti → Collège Saint-Pierre → Diocese of Haiti → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone → Episcopal Theological Seminary in Haiti → Haitian Revolution ("Saint-Domingue") → Haitian gourde → Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port-au-Prince → Holy Trinity Music School → Hôpital Sainte-Croix, Léogâne → Jean-Jacques Dessalines → Léogâne → Ouest Department → Port-au-Prince → Septentrional-Oriente fault zone → Zanmi Lasante → École Sainte-Croix →	country
Castera Bazile → Henri Christophe → Jean-Jacques Dessalines → Jerry Duplessis → Philomé Obin → Préféte Duffaut → Rigaud Benoit → Wilson Bigaud → Wyclef Jean →	countryOfCitizenship
Association of Caribbean States → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Union of American Republics →	hasMember
Castera Bazile → Didi Bertrand Farmer → Wilson Bigaud →	placeOfActivity
Bois Caïman ceremony → Haitian Declaration of Independence → Haitian Revolution →	presentDayLocation
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen → Episcopal Theological Seminary in Haiti → Holy Trinity Music School →	regionServed
Diocese of Haiti ("Republic of Haiti") → French colonial empire ("Saint-Domingue") → French colonial empire →	territory
ET → Eastern Time Zone → First Lady →	usedInCountry
Americas → Latin America →	containsCountry
Haitian Canadians → Haitian Vodou →	countryOfOrigin
Office of Haiti Special Coordinator (historical/periodic) → Pathologies of Power →	focusesOn
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen ("Republic of Haiti") → Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen ("Republic of Haiti") →	jurisdiction
Bishop Tharp Business and Technology Institute → Holy Trinity Music School →	locatedIn
Banana Wars → Collège Saint-Pierre →	location
Dominican Republic → Hispaniola →	sharesIslandWith
Declaration by United Nations → Treaty of San Francisco →	signatory
Shango → Yemoja →	veneratedIn
Paul Farmer → Philomé Obin →	workLocation
HTI ("Republic of Haiti") →	appliesTo
Toussaint Louverture ("present-day Haiti") →	birthPlace
Dominican Republic →	borderCountry
Cuba (maritime boundary) →	borderingState
Paul Farmer →	burialPlace
Port-au-Prince →	capitalOf
Haitian gourde →	circulatesIn
Hispaniola →	containsCapitalOf
Ouest Department ("Haitian national government") →	containsNationalInstitution
Europe and North America →	containsWorldHeritageSiteIn
Haitian Declaration of Independence →	countryDeclaredIndependent
HTI →	countryName
Henri Christophe →	countryOfDeath
Latin American dioceses of the Episcopal Church →	countryOfEcclesiasticalPresence
Life in a Haitian Valley →	countryOfFocus
An Untamed State →	countryOfSetting
Haiti After the Earthquake →	countryOfSubject
LSG →	countryOfUse
Gabriel Leveque →	countryOfWork
Hispaniola →	countryOnIsland
Mona Passage →	countryOnShore
Haitian Creole →	countryOrRegionWhereOfficial
Caribbean Community Secretariat →	countryServed
French colony of Saint-Domingue ("Republic of Haiti") →	countryToday
Haitian Revolution ("Republic of Haiti") →	createdEntity
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne →	deathCountry
Jean-Jacques Dessalines →	declaredIndependenceOf
Afro-Caribbean people →	demographicSignificanceIn
Haitian Creole ("Saint-Domingue") →	developedIn
Diocese of Haiti ("Port-au-Prince") →	episcopalSee
Haitian Americans →	ethnicOrigin
Haiti ("Saint-Domingue") →	formerName
Caribbean Americans →	hasAncestralOrigin
North America →	hasCountry
Greater Antilles →	hasIsland
Embassy of Cyprus in Washington, D.C. →	hasJurisdictionOver
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen →	hasMainTerritory
Francophonie →	hasMajorMember
Ninth International Conference of American States →	hasParticipant
Hispaniola ("Republic of Haiti") →	hasPoliticalDivision
Greater Antilles →	hasPoliticalEntity
Jean-Jacques Dessalines →	headOfGovernmentOf
One Laptop per Child →	implementedInCountry
Caribbean →	includes
Cuba (maritime boundary) →	includesBilateralAgreementWith
Dominican Republic →	independenceFrom
Caribbean Plate →	influencesCountry
Haitian gourde →	introducedInCountry
Port-au-Prince →	isCulturalCenterOf
Port-au-Prince →	isEconomicCenterOf
Catholic Church in Haiti →	isLargestChristianBodyIn
Port-au-Prince →	isPoliticalCenterOf
Port-au-Prince →	largestCityOf
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne →	laterResidence
Haitian gourde →	legalTenderIn
École Sainte-Croix →	locationCountry
Haiti After the Earthquake →	mainSubject
Haitian Americans →	maintainsTiesWith
Caribbean Canadians →	majorAncestralOrigin
Caribbean Community →	memberState
French colony of Saint-Domingue ("Republic of Haiti") →	modernTerritoryIncludes
Jean-Jacques Dessalines →	monarchOf
Haitian gourde →	monetaryUnitOf
Didi Bertrand Farmer →	nationality
Cuba →	neighboringCountryBySea
French colonial empire ("Saint-Domingue") →	notableColony
Roxane Gay ("Ayiti") →	notableWork
North American time zones →	observedInCountry
Haitian gourde →	officialCurrencyOf
French →	officialLanguageOf
Partners In Health →	operatesIn
Jerry Duplessis →	placeOfBirth
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Afro-Caribbean religions →	practicedIn
Afro-Caribbean people →	presentInCountry
Haitian Americans →	remittanceDestination
HTI →	represents
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone →	riskArea
Cuba (maritime boundary) →	separatesMaritimeZonesOf
Tell My Horse →	setIn
Mountains Beyond Mountains →	setting
Léogâne ("Republic of Haiti") →	sovereignState
Haitian Creole →	spokenIn
Melville J. Herskovits →	studiedIn
French colony of Saint-Domingue →	successorState
Hispaniola →	westernPartOccupiedBy
Ogun →	worshippedIn