Fun facts about Haiti
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Haiti means 'land of high mountains' in the Indigenous Taíno language.
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western side of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
From the “Etymology” section
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The first recorded smallpox epidemic in the Americas erupted on Hispaniola in 1507.
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western side of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
From the “History” section
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Haiti was the only state to successfully gain independence through a slave revolt.
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western side of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
From the “History” section
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The French managed to capture Louverture, who died in prison in 1803.
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western side of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
From the “History” section
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In 1937, Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the massacre of 20,000–30,000 Haitians in an event known as the Parsley Massacre.
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western side of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
From the “History” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: VOA · Public Domain