HAITI Cap-Haitien : Port-Au-Prince Country Information: International telephone Code: 509 Capital: Port-au-Prince Official Language: French Area: 27,750 square km (10,714 square miles) Population: 7,041,000 Currency: Gourde (HTG) Public Holidays: Jour de L'Independance (1 Jan) - Jour des H ros de L'Independance (2 Jan) - Mardi Gras (Shrove Tues) Mercredi des Cendres (Ash Wed) - Mi-Car me (Mid-Lent) - Jeudi Vert (Maundy Thurs) - Vendredi Saint (Good Friday) - Pques (Easter) - Pan-American Day (14 April) - Jour du Travail (Labor Day 1 May) - Jour de la Souverainet (May) - Ascension Corpus Christi - Assumption (15 Aug) - Jour de J.-J. Dessalines (17 Oct) - Jour des Nations Unies (United Nations Day 24 Oct) Toussaint (All Saints 1 Nov) - Jour des Morts (All Souls 2 Nov) Jour de l'Arm e (Army Day 18 Nov) - Journ e de la D couverte (Discovery Day 5 Dec) - No'l (Christmas Day 25 Dec) Organizations: ACCT, ACP, Caricom (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Ministry responsible for shipping: Ministry of Public Works, Transport & Communications, Palais de Ministeres, BP 2002, Port-au-Prince 22-0300
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