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Republic of Haiti

National name: République d'Haïti

President: René García Préval (1996)

Prime Minister: Jacques-Edouard Alexis (1999)

Area: 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km)

Population (1999 est.): 6,884,264 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.86%); birth rate: 32.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 97.6/1000; density per sq. mi.: 643

Capital and largest city (1993 est.): Port-au-Prince, 1.5 million

Monetary unit: Gourde

Languages: Creole, French

Ethnicity/race: black 95%, mulatto and European 5%

Religions: Roman Catholic, 80%; Protestant, 16%; Vaudou, 95%

Literacy rate: 53%

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $8.9 billion; $1,300 per capita. Real growth rate: 3%. Inflation: 8%. Unemployment: 60% (1996 est.). Arable land: 20%. Agriculture: coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood. Labor force: 3.6 million (1995); agriculture, 66%; services, 25%; industry, 9%. Industry: sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, tourism, light assembly industries based on imported parts. Natural resources: none. Exports: $110 million (f.o.b., 1997): light manufactures, coffee, other agriculture. Imports: $486 million (f.o.b., 1997): machines and manufactures, food and beverages, petroleum products, chemicals, fats and oils. Major trading partners: U.S., EU.

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