Location: Caribbean
Capital: Port-au-Prince ( 890.000 inhab.)
Main Cities: Cap-Haïtien, Gonaives
Population: 8,220,000
Area: 27,700 km2
Coin: 1 gourde = 100 centimes
Languages: French, Creole
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
The Independence's Year: 1804
Mountains: Pic La Selle (2680 m.)

It occupies the western part of the island of Hispaniola, that one toward Cuba, covering around 1/3 of whole island territory (the others 2/3 belong to the Dominican Republic).
The political and economic situation is difficult, because the nation has been torn to pieces by the long (1957. 1986) and hard dictatorship of the Duvaliers father and child, that has stained with blood the Haitian population for almost 30 years.
Subsequently democracy has been hindered by two military coup d'état, that have brought new blood and further poverty.
Economic difficulties push above all a wide part of the population to the emigration toward U.S.A. and the Dominican Republic; despite this the population overcomes 8 million inhabitants in an a territory little greater then Sicily (density of almost 300 abs / Kmq).
Despite the difficult situation the island is very beautiful with mountains, tall and jagged coasts, fabulous sea and moderate warm climate.