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Port-au-Prince (Pòtoprens) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. [1]

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Afro-Haitians

Afro-Haitians are Haitians of African descent.

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Alexandre Pétion

Alexandre Sabès Pétion (April 2, 1770 – March 29, 1818) was the first President of the Republic of Haiti from 1807 until his death in 1818.

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Amphitheatre

An amphitheatre or amphitheater is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports.

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Anacaona

Anacaona (1474-1503) was a Taíno cacica (chief), born into a family of chiefs, and sister of Bohechío, chief of Jaragua.

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Anís Zunúzí Bahá'í School

The Anís Zunúzí Bahá'í School is a Bahá'í School near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which began in 1980.

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Anchor

An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current.

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Arab diaspora

Arab diaspora refers to descendants of the Arab immigrants who, voluntarily or as refugees, emigrated from their native lands to non-Arab countries, primarily in South America, Europe, North America, and parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and West Africa.

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Arawak

The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of South America and of the Caribbean.

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Arrondissements of Haiti

An arrondissement is a level of administrative division in Haiti.

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Asian Caribbean

Asian Caribbeans are people who live in the Caribbean, but were born in Asia, or are descended from people who were born in Asia.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Étienne Polverel

Étienne Polverel (1740–1795) was a French lawyer, aristocrat, and revolutionary.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city.

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Battle of Port-au-Prince (1919)

The Battle of Port-au-Prince took place on either October 6 or 7, 1919, when Haitian rebels, known as cacos, attacked the capital of Haiti during the Second Caco War and the American occupation of Haiti.

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Battle of Port-au-Prince (1920)

The Battle of Port-au-Prince, or "la débâcle", took place on January 15, 1920 when Haitian rebels, known as cacos, attacked the capital of Haiti during the Second Caco War and the American occupation of Haiti.

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Bel Air, Haiti

Bel Air (Bèlè, Good Air) is a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Buccaneer

Buccaneers were a kind of privateer or free sailor peculiar to the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Cacique

A cacique (feminine form: cacica) is a leader of an indigenous group, derived from the Taíno word kasikɛ for the pre-Columbian tribal chiefs in the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles.

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Cacos (military group)

Cacos were bodies of armed men, originally drawn from the enslaved population of Haiti, who came to wield power in the mountainous regions of Haiti following the victory of the Haitian Revolution in 1804.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canoe

A canoe is a lightweight narrow vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel using a single-bladed paddle.

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Cap-Haïtien

Cap-Haïtien (Kap Ayisyen; Cape Haitian) often referred to as Le Cap or Au Cap, is a commune of about 190,000 people on the north coast of Haiti and capital of the department of Nord.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Caribintair

Caribintair was an airline that flew domestic and international routes from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Carrefour, Ouest

Carrefour (Kafou) is a largely residential commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti.

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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de L'Assomption), often called Port-au-Prince Cathedral (Cathédrale de Port-au-Prince), was a cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Center for Economic and Policy Research

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is an economic policy think-tank, co-founded by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot, and is based in Washington, D.C. It has been described as left-leaning.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus (before 31 October 145120 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer.

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Cité Soleil

Cité Soleil (Site Solèy; English: Sun City) is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti.

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Coconut Creek, Florida

Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States.

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Croix-des-Bouquets

Croix-des-Bouquets (Kwadèbouke) is a commune in the Ouest department of Haiti.

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Delmas, Ouest

Delmas (Dèlma) is a commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti.

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Department (country subdivision)

A department is an administrative or political subdivision in many countries.

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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) is a sovereign state located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region.

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Dry season

The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

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Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone

The Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone (EPGFZ or EPGZ) is a system of coaxial left lateral-moving strike slip faults which runs along the southern side of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located.

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Etang Saumâtre

Étang Saumâtre (in English, brackish pond) is the largest lake in Haiti and the second largest lake in Hispaniola, after Lake Enriquillo.

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Expressions Art Gallery

Expressions Galerie D'Art is located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

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Gendarmerie

Wrong info! --> A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military component with jurisdiction in civil law enforcement.

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Gesner Abelard

Gesner Abelard, (alternately Gesnerr) (born 22 February 1922) is a Haitian painter and sculptor.

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Gonaïves

Gonaïves (Gonayiv) is a commune in northern Haiti, and the capital of the Artibonite department of Haiti.

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Government of Haiti

The government of Haiti is a semi-presidential republic, a multiparty system wherein the President of Haiti is head of state elected directly by popular elections.

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Gulf of Gonâve

The Gulf of Gonâve (Golfe de la Gonâve; Lagonav) is a large gulf along the western coast of Haiti.

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Haiti

Haiti (Haïti; Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti and formerly called Hayti, is a sovereign state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.

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Haitian Creole

Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen,; créole haïtien) is a French-based creole language spoken by 9.6–12million people worldwide, and the only language of most Haitians.

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Haitian National Police

The Haitian National Police (PNH; Police Nationale d’Haïti, literally "National Police of Haiti"), is the law enforcement and de facto police force of Haiti.

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Haitian Parliament

The Haitian Parliament (Parlement Haïtien, Palman Ayisyen) is the bicameral legislature of the Republic of Haiti, consisting of the upper house as the Senate (Sénat) and the lower house as the Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés).

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Henri Christophe

Henry Christophe (6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a former slave of Bambara ethnicity in West Africa, and perhaps of Igbo descent, and key leader in the Haitian Revolution, which succeeded in gaining independence from France in 1804.

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Hispaniola

Hispaniola (Spanish: La Española; Latin and French: Hispaniola; Haitian Creole: Ispayola; Taíno: Haiti) is an island in the Caribbean island group, the Greater Antilles.

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Hotel Oloffson

The Hotel Oloffson is an inn in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague

Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague is a Roman Catholic primary and secondary school in Haiti.

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Island Caribs

The Island Caribs, also known as the Kalinago or simply Caribs, are an indigenous Caribbean people of the Lesser Antilles.

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Jacques Nicolas Léger

Jacques Nicolas Léger (1859–1918) was a Haitian lawyer, politician, and diplomat.

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Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin;; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.

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Latin American diaspora

The Latin American diaspora refers to the dispersion of Latin Americans out of their homelands in Latin America and the communities subsequently established by them across the world.

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Léogâne

Léogâne (Leyogàn) is one of the coastal communes in Haiti.

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Lebanese Haitians

Lebanese Haitians are Haitian of Lebanese descent or a Lebanese with Haitian citizenship.

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List of cities in Haiti

This article shows a list of cities in Haiti.

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List of communes of Haiti

The commune is the third-level divisions of Haiti.

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List of heads of state of Haiti

This article lists the heads of state of Haiti since the beginning of the Haitian Revolution in 1791.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Lycée Alexandre Dumas

The Lycée Alexandre Dumas is a French international school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.

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Mayor of Port-au-Prince

The following is a list of the mayors and leaders of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Miami

Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.

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Moment magnitude scale

The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted as Mw or M) is one of many seismic magnitude scales used to measure the size of earthquakes.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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Mulatto Haitians

Mulatto (mulâtre, milat) is a term in Haiti that is historically linked to Haitians who are born to one white parent and one black parent, or to two mulatto parents.

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Municipality

A municipality is usually a single urban or administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws to which it is subordinate.

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Naïve art

Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing).

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National Museum of Haiti

The National Museum of Haiti (Musée National d'Haïti) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was completed in 1938.

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National Palace (Haiti)

The National Palace (Palais National) was the official residence of the President of Haiti, located in Port-au-Prince, facing Place L'Ouverture near the Champs de Mars.

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Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres

Frey Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres (Brozas, Extremadura, Spain 1460 – Madrid, Spain 29 May 1511) was a Spanish soldier from a noble family and a Knight of the Order of Alcántara, a military order of Spain.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Ouest (department)

Ouest (West, Lwès) is one of the ten departments of Haiti.

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Palestinian Haitians

Palestinian Haitians (فلسطينيو هايتي) are Haitians of Palestinian descent, or Palestinians with Haitian citizenship.

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Pétion-Ville

Pétion-Ville is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate from the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle.

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Petit-Goâve

Petit-Goâve (Piti gwav) is a coastal commune in the Léogâne Arrondissement in the Ouest department of Haiti.

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Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite

Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite is a commune in the Dessalines Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti.

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Pickup truck

A pickup truck is a light-duty truck having an enclosed cab and an open cargo area with low sides and tailgate.

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Port

A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo.

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Port international de Port-au-Prince

The Port international de Port-au-Prince (UN/LOCODE: HTPAP) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince.

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Port-au-Prince Arrondissement

Port-au-Prince (Pòtoprens) is an arrondissement in the Ouest department of Haiti.

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Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple

The Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) under construction in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Protectorate

A protectorate, in its inception adopted by modern international law, is a dependent territory that has been granted local autonomy and some independence while still retaining the suzerainty of a greater sovereign state.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Quisqueya University

Quisqueya University (Université Quisqueya) founded in 1988, is a private Haitian university located in Port-au-Prince.

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Rebellion

Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order.

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Saint-Domingue

Saint-Domingue was a French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804.

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Santa María (ship)

La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción (Spanish for: The Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception), or La Santa María, originally La Gallega, was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage.

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Sister Cities International

Sister Cities International (SCI) is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between communities in the United States and those in other countries, particularly through the establishment of "sister cities".

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Slum

A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting mostly of closely packed, decrepit housing units in a situation of deteriorated or incomplete infrastructure, inhabited primarily by impoverished persons.

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Sunrise Airways

Sunrise Airways, founded in 2010, is an airline in Haiti that provides commercial and charter flights.

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Supreme Court of Haiti

The Supreme Court of Haiti (Cour de Cassation) is the highest court in the Haitian legal system.

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Syrian Haitians

Syrian Haitians are Haitian of Syrian descent or a Syrian with Haitian citizenship.

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Taíno

The Taíno people are one of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean.

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Tabarre

Tabarre (Taba) is a commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti.

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Tap tap

Tap taps are gaily painted buses or pick-up trucks traveladventures.org that serve as share taxis in Haiti.

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Taxicab

A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.

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Temple (LDS Church)

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Tortuga (Haiti)

Tortuga (or Tortuga Island) (Île de la Tortue,; Latòti; Isla Tortuga,, Turtle Island) is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola.

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Toussaint Louverture International Airport

Toussaint Louverture International Airport (Aéroport International Toussaint Louverture) is an international airport in Tabarre, a commune of Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

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Treaty of Ryswick

The Treaty or Peace of Ryswick, also known as The Peace of Rijswijk was a series of agreements signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697, ending the 1689-97 Nine Years War between France and the Grand Alliance of England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic.

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Tropical savanna climate

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories "Aw" and "As".

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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Union School Haiti

Union School is a private, co-educational, and non-sectarian Pre-K to 12 institution established in Port au Prince, Haiti for the purpose of providing an American accredited program of studies in both English and French for students of all nationalities.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti

The United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti (UNSTAMIH) (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of the French name, was a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti that was in operation from 2004 to 2017.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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United States occupation of Haiti

The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 US Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the authority of US President Woodrow Wilson.

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Université d'État d'Haïti

The Université d'État d'Haïti (UEH) (State University of Haiti) is one of Haiti's most prestigious institutions of higher education.

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University

A university (universitas, "a whole") is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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Vocational school

A vocational school, sometimes also called a trade school, career center, or vocational college, is a type of educational institution, which, depending on country, may refer to secondary or post-secondary education designed to provide vocational education, or technical skills required to perform the tasks of a particular and specific job.

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Wet season

The monsoon season, is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs.

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White Haitians

White Haitians (blanc haïtiens; Haitian Creole: blan ayisyen) are Haitians of predominantly European, and in some cases Levantine descent.

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World Bank

The World Bank (Banque mondiale) is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects.

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2008 Atlantic hurricane season

The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was the most disastrous Atlantic hurricane season since 2005, causing over 1,000 deaths and nearly $50 billion in damages.

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2010 Haiti earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake (Séisme de 2010 à Haïti; Tranblemanntè 12 janvye 2010 nan peyi Ayiti) was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne (Ouest), approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-au-Prince

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