Haiti

Area: 27 750 km²

Population: 8 706 497 (2007)

Population density: 313.7 pers./km²

Capital: Port-au-Prince

Government type: Presidential republic

Official language: French and Creole

Ethnic groups: Black 95%, Mulatto and Europeans 5%

Religion: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16%, other 3%, none 1%

Currency: Haitian gourde (HTG)

Time zone: UTC -5

Administrative divisions: Haiti is divided into 10 departments, deparrtments are subdivided into 41 arrondissements and 133 communes

Highest point: Pic la Selle 2 680 m

Longest river: Atribonite River 320 km

Largest lake: Lake Azuei 170 km²

Largest cities: Port-au-Prince, Carrefour, Delmas, Cap-Haitien, Petionville

Calling code: +509

Internet TLD: .ht