Haiti: Haiti People Profile 2012
2012/03/13
Haiti People Profile 2012
About 95 per cent of the people are black. The rest—except for a few whites—are mulattoes, descendants of African slaves and early French settlers. Haiti's population density is about 699 persons per square mile (270 per km2). Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city.
The official languages are French and Creole. Roman Catholicism is the prevailing and official religion. Voodoo is widely practiced.
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