Two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength)
9 departments (departements, singular - departement): Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, and Sud-Est.
Population:
7,063,722 (July 2002 est.) estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Languages:
French (official), Creole (official)
Geographic coordinates:
19° 00' N, 72° 25' W
Area total:
27,750 sq. km
Land area:
27,560 sq. km
Water area:
190 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
360 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Dominican Republic 360 km
Coastline:
1,771 km
Elevation extremes:
Caribbean Sea 0 m - Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
Internet country code:
.ht
Currency:
gourde (HTG)
Name - conventional long form:
Republic of Haiti
Name - conventional short form:
Haiti
Name - local long form:
Republique d'Haiti
Name - local short form:
Haiti
Independence:
1 January 1804 (from France)
Constitution:
approved March 1987, suspended June 1988, with most articles reinstated March 1989, in October 1991, government claimed to be observing the constitution, return to constitutional rule, October 1994