Haiti — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Haiti: capital Port-au-Prince, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Haiti is in North America. Its capital is Port-au-Prince.

Climate

Tropical; semi-arid in the eastern mountains; subject to hurricanes from June to November

Mostly mountainous with a large east-central elevated plateau

Haiti was the first independent nation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Haitian Revolution was the only successful slave revolt that led to the creation of a nation.

Soup joumou (pumpkin soup) is eaten on January 1st to celebrate independence, as slaves were once forbidden from eating it.

1492: Columbus lands on Hispaniola and establishes the first European settlement

1697: France gains control of western Hispaniola through the Treaty of Ryswick

1791: Haitian Revolution begins, the only successful large-scale slave revolt

1804: Haiti declares independence, becoming the first free Black republic

2010: Devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Port-au-Prince, killing over 200,000