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'''Port-au-Prince''', (''Pòtoprens'' in [[Kreyòl]]), is the capital and largest city of [[Haiti]]. It is located on a bay of the Gulf of La Gonave in the department Ouest (''West''). It's current population (2005) is estimated at 2.5 to 3 million people.
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'''Port-au-Prince''', ([[Kreyòl]]: ''Pòtoprens''), is the capital and largest city of [[Haiti]]. It is located on a bay of the Gulf of La Gonave in the department Ouest (''West''). It's current population (2005) is estimated at 2.5 to 3 million people.
  
At the end of the 15th century, at the time of Columbus arrival, the region around Port-au-Prince was under the control of a [[Taino]] ruler by the name of Bohechio, but there was no major settlement.
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At the end of the 15th century, at the time of [[Columbus]] arrival, the region around Port-au-Prince was under the control of a [[Taino]] ruler by the name of Bohechio, but there was no major settlement.
  
Port-au-Prince was founded in 1749 by French sugar planters, in what was then the French colony of [[Saint-Domingue]]. In 1770, it became the capital, replacing [[Le Cap|Cap Français]], and in [[1804]] it became the capital of newly-independent Haiti. The city was captured by British troops on June 4, [[1794]].
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Port-au-Prince was founded in 1749 by French sugar planters, in what was then the French colony of [[Saint-Domingue]]. In 1770, it became the capital, replacing [[Le Cap|Cap Français]], and in [[1804]] it became the capital of newly-independent Haiti. The city was captured by British troops on June 4, [[1794]].
  
 
During colonial times, before the declaration of independence in 1804, the city was named Port-au-Prince, then ''Port Républicain'' in French (after the ([[French Revolution]]) and ''Port Republican'' in English before being renamed Port-au-Prince by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] in 1804.
 
During colonial times, before the declaration of independence in 1804, the city was named Port-au-Prince, then ''Port Républicain'' in French (after the ([[French Revolution]]) and ''Port Republican'' in English before being renamed Port-au-Prince by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] in 1804.
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The name of the town is said to have derived from a vessel ''Le Prince'' that had anchored in the Bay of Port-au-Prince.
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==See also==
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* [[Toussaint Louverture letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1802)|Toussaint Louverture letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] - Letter from [[1802]], in which Toussaint Louverture asks Jean-Jacques Dessalines to burn down the city to repel the French forces seeking to reestablish slavery in Saint-Domingue.
  
 
==Reference==
 
==Reference==
* Port-au-Prince. (2005, December 1). Wikipedia, ''The Free Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 17:22, December 13, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port-au-Prince&oldid=29785379.
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* Port-au-Prince. (2005, December 1). ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 17:22, December 13, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port-au-Prince&oldid=29785379.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 06:02, 15 March 2006

Port-au-Prince, (Kreyòl: Pòtoprens), is the capital and largest city of Haiti. It is located on a bay of the Gulf of La Gonave in the department Ouest (West). It's current population (2005) is estimated at 2.5 to 3 million people.

At the end of the 15th century, at the time of Columbus arrival, the region around Port-au-Prince was under the control of a Taino ruler by the name of Bohechio, but there was no major settlement.

Port-au-Prince was founded in 1749 by French sugar planters, in what was then the French colony of Saint-Domingue. In 1770, it became the capital, replacing Cap Français, and in 1804 it became the capital of newly-independent Haiti. The city was captured by British troops on June 4, 1794.

During colonial times, before the declaration of independence in 1804, the city was named Port-au-Prince, then Port Républicain in French (after the (French Revolution) and Port Republican in English before being renamed Port-au-Prince by Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1804.

The name of the town is said to have derived from a vessel Le Prince that had anchored in the Bay of Port-au-Prince.

See also

Reference

External links