tered Navassa Island
Climate:
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
Terrain:
mostly rough and mountainous
Natural resources:
bauxite
Land use:
arable land:
20%
permanent crops:
13%
meadows and pastures:
18%
forest and woodland:
4%
other:
45%
Irrigated land:
750 sq km (1989 est.)
Environment:
current issues:
deforestation; soil erosion
natural hazards:
lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms
from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes
international agreements:
party to - Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation; signed, but not
ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the
Sea, Nuclear Test Ban
Note:
shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third
is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)

@Haiti, People

Population:
6,491,450 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.63% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
39.72 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
18.78 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
-4.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
108.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
45.11 years
male:
43.45 years
female:
46.85 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.94 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Haitian(s)
adjective:
Haitian
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%, Adventist 1%,
other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)
Languages:
French (official) 10%, Creole
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population:
53%
male:
59%
female:
47%
Labor force:
2.3 million
by occupation:
agriculture 66%, services 25%, industry 9%
note:
shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1982)

@Haiti, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Haiti
conventional short form:
Haiti
local long form:
Republique d'Haiti
local short form:
Haiti
Digraph:
HA
Type:
republic
Capital:
Port-au-Prince
Administrative divisions:
9 departments, (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite,
Centre, Grand'Anse, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est
Independence: