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Overview
- Capital:
- Port-au-Prince
- Area:
- 27,750 km²
- Population:
- 8,308,504 (2006 estimate)
- Language(s):
- French (official), Creole (official).
- Religion(s):
- Roman Catholic - 80%, Protestant (Baptist - 10%, Pentecostal - 4%, Adventist - 1%, others - 1%) - 16%, none - 1%, others - 3%, Voodoo.
- Ethnic Group(s):
- Black - 95%, Mulatto and White - 5%.