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Haiti is the western one-third of the island of
Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic
Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic - Climate:
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade
winds - Terrain: mostly rough and mountainous -
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m - shares
island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western
one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican
Republic) - Population: 6,731,539 - Ethnic
divisions: black 95%, mulatto and European 5% -
Religions: Roman Catholic 80% (of which an
overwhelming majority also practice Voodoo), Protestant 16%
(Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, - Languages: French
(official) 10%, Creole - Capital: Port-au-Prince -
Administrative divisions: 9 departments,
(departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre,
Grand'Anse, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud,
Sud-Est
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