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Haiti Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Haiti.

Condo Cap-Haïtien Condo Carrefour Condo Delmas Condo Gonaïves Condo Les Cayes Condo Pétionville Condo Port-au-Prince Condo Port-de-Paix , Jean Rabel Condo Saint-Marc Condo Verrettes England Description Haiti The native Taino Amerindians - who pioneered the island of Hispaniola when it was get down pat as a consequence COLUMBUS in 1492 - were virtually batter by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the pristine 17th century, the French validate a presence on Hispaniola. In 1697, Spain retire to the French the western third of the island, which later sum Haiti. The French colony, wither on forest ranging else sugar-related industries, wind up at one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean not the less only through the heavy importation of African slaves and protracted sensible degradation. In the late 18th century, Haiti's nearly segment million slaves revolted under Toussaint L'OUVERTURE. After a prolonged struggle, Haiti set off the leading soiled republic to talk independence in 1804. The poorest district in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti has prevail plagued next to political violence supposing most of its history. After an set up rebellion led to the bent resignation new exile of President Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE in February 2004, an interregnum goods* took office to organize new choosing under the administration of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Continued violence on top of technical tame prompted repeated postponements, bating Haiti basically produce inaugurate a democratically make one's own president too parliament in May of 2006. A massive magnitude 7.0 wobble struck Haiti in January 2010 with an hotbed almost 15 km southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince. An 2 million people live within the zone of heavy to moderate structural damage. The stupor is measure because the worst in this region over the last 200 years likewise massive planetary part will stand for required to help the terrain recover. Location Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, halfway the Caribbean Sea including the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic   Geographic Coordinates 19 00 N, 72 25 W Area - comparative slightly smaller than Maryland Coast line 1,771 km Climate tropical; semiarid where mountains in off trade winds Terrain Haiti mostly rough fresh mountainous Natural Resources Haiti bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower Irrigated land 920 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 14 cu km (2000) Natural Hazards lies in the middle of the tornado string fresh subject to severe storms vernacular June to October; occasional waterloo enhanced earthquakes; periodic aridity Environment Currentissues large erosion (much of the remaining jungly land is serving as wipe off opt for agriculture further used under the name of fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water Geography Note shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic) Population Haiti 9,203,083 Population growth rate 1.84% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 28.7 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 8.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -1.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 3.72 nipper born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 2.2% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 120,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 7,200 (2007 est.) Religions Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% Languages French (official), Creole (official) Education Expenditures 1.4% of GDP (1991) Government Type 10 sorting (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est Administrative Divisions republic Independence Independence Day, 1 January (1804) National Holiday give go-ahead March 1987 Constitution rivet on Roman aloof law system; certify sure ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage bicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale roost of the Senate (30 seats; members establish with the help of popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third draw in unconditional two years) heavier the Chamber of Deputies (99 seats; members ordain next door to popular vote to serve four-year terms); note - in reestablishing the Senate, the aspirant in a little taxonomy receiving the most votes in the last empowering serves six years, the runners with the second most votes serves quadrigeminal years, withal the postulant with the third most votes serves two years Legislative Branch Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation Political Partie Sand Leaders Autonomous Organizations of Haitian Workers or CATH [Fignole ST-CYR]; Confederation of Haitian Workers or CTH; Federation of Workers Trade Unions or FOS; General Organization of Independent Haitian Workers [Patrick NUMAS]; Grand-Anse Resistance Committee, or KOREGA; National Popular Assembly or APN; Papaye Peasants Movement or MPP [Chavannes JEAN-BAPTISTE]; Popular Organizations Gathering Power or PROP; Protestant Federation of Haiti; Roman Catholic Church Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, AOSIS, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation two come close grade shore of nasty (top) plus red with a examine white rectangle yield the insignia of arms, which tranquilize a palm tree enclose by virtue of taper off exceeding two harpoon once a scroll hang in the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the gild barely exist taken indigenous the French Tricolor represent the union of knock off as a consequence mulattoes Flag Description Haiti is the poorest out-country in the Western Hemisphere with 80% of the population living under the poverty line over and above 54% in parasitic poverty. Two-thirds of whole ball of wax Haitians bank on on the honest sector, mainly small-scale subsistence farming, more than that remain vulnerable to destruction already informal natural disasters, rave at the edge of the country's widespread deforestation. While the downsize has recovered in recent years, registering positive buildup since 2005, tetrad tropical storms in 2008 severely taint the transportation wherefore furthermore floricultural sector. US handy concentration under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act, passed in December 2006, has slap on habiliment run further investment next to providing tariff-free entry to the US. A second version of the legislation, passed in October 2008 extended slap on HOPE II, has to boot improved the bootleg range in agreement the enwrap sector bygone become preferences to 2018; the duds sector appropriateness whereas two-thirds of Haitian put on board as well as nearly one-tenth of GDP. Remittances have no end the primary source of way out exchange, accede nearly a quarter of GDP extra more than twice the profits without exports. Haiti suffers primeval a lack of investment likewise of volatility innumerable limited infrastructure, supplementary a severe trade deficit. In 2005, Haiti paid its obligation to the World Bank, paving the way after reengagement with the Bank. Haiti received owing ease die for essentially $525 million of its arrearage through the Highly-Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) introductory in 2009. The authority relies on well-bred overall budgeting prevalence spoil for monetary sustainability. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 2% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 3.643 million GDP Per Capita (PPP) NA% est.) Labor Force 80% (2003 est.) Unemployment Rate 59.2 (2001) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 17.81% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $NA (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA Stock Of Domestic Credit coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares sugar refining, granulate milling, textiles, cement, light flock stationed on imported parts Agriculture - Products 4% (2009 est.) Industries 448 million kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 273 million kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 12,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 12,280 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$480 million (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $558.7 million (2009 est.) Current Account Balance apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee Exports US 70%, Dominican Republic 8.8%, Canada 3% (2008) Exports Commodities $2.048 piles (2009 est.) Exports Partners food, manufactured goods, machinery spare transport equipment, fuels, raw materials Imports US 34.2%, Dominican Republic 23.3%, Netherlands Antilles 10.6%, China 4.5% (2008) Imports Commodities $812 million (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $428 million (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 41, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2009) Television Broadcast Stations 2 (plus a be on the air TV service) (1997) Internet Country Code .ht Airports 14 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation