Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine APRIL 2019 | Page 324

ABOUT HAITI
EVENTS
HAITI
POPULATION
SIZE
10.31 million (2013) 27,750 sq. kilometers
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE CAPITAL CITY
French
CURRENCY
Haitian Gourde
(1 US dollar equals 42 Haitian Gourdes)
Port-au-Prince
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
26.60 C / 800 F
Haiti was discovered in 1492 by
APRIL who gave it
Christopher Columbus
International
Festival
its Haiti
name.
It is located Jazz
on the
island
Join
artistes
and
fans
from
all
over
the
of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea
world for this music-fi lled week. Local,
which consists of two countries - The
regional and international artistes will
Dominican Republic and Haiti. Haiti
perform at various venues throughout
occupies 1/3
while The Dominican
Port-au-Prince.
Republic occupies 2/3 of Hispaniola.
Haiti is primarily
populated
FEBRUARY
2 - by 5 African-
Run
Haiti: Port
to Coast
Mile race
Caribbean
people
with a 50 history
of
Haiti’s fi French
rst ultramarathon
colonialism. race will
take [Source:
participants
through
the
hills of
Bob Corbett,
August
1999]
Petionville, Montagne Noir and the
peaks of Obleon. After their descent,
the reward is a swim in the Caribbean
sea. Click
here
for is more
Haiti’s
creole
name
Ayiti information
which means
and
to
register.
mountainous land.
Haiti was fi rst inhabited by the Taino
and Arawak people, then later by African
slaves brought in by the French.
Haiti was the fi rst black republic in the
world.
The island Haiti occupies is called
Hispaniola.
www.experiencehaiti.org
Photo Credit: MicaSimon