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HAITI QUICK FACTS

Capital: Port-au-Prince
Population: 6,731,539 (1992 estimate 752,600)
Principal languages: Haitian Creole, French
Religions: Roman Catholic 80% Protestant 16% Voodoo widely practiced
Literacy (1993): 45%
Per Capita GDP: $870
Motor Vehicles: 32,000 passenger cars, 21,000 commercial vehicles
Telephones: 1 per 164 persons
Televison sets: 1 per 260 persons
Life expectancy at birth: (1996) 47 male, 51 female

Source: The World Almanac® and Book of Facts 1997 is licensed from K-III Reference Corporation. Copyright © 1996 by K-III Reference Corporation. All rights reserved.

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