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PORT AU PRINCE (originally L'Hopital, and for brief periods Port Henri and Port Republicain)

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 112 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
PORT AU PRINCE (originally L'Hopital, and for brief periods Port Henri and Port Republicain) , the
capital
  of the republic of Haiti, West Indies, situated at the
apex
  of the triangular bay which strikes inland for about ioo m. between the two
great
  peninsulas of the west
coast
 , with its upper recesses protected by the beautiful
island
  of Gonaives (30 M.
long
  by 2 broad). The city is admirably situated on ground that soon begins to rise rapidly towards the hills. It was originally laid out by the French on a
regular
  plan with streets of good width running north and
south
  and intersected by others at right angles. Everything has been allowed to fall into disorder and disrepair, and to this its public buildings form no exception. Every few years whole quarters of the town are burned down, but the people go on building the same slight wooden houses, with only here and there a more substantial warehouse in brick. In spite of the old French aqueduct the water-
supply
  is defective. From June to September the heat is excessive, reaching 95 to 99 F. in the shade. The population, mostly negroes and mulattoes, is estimated at 6x,000. Port au Prince was first laid out by M. de la Cuza in 1949. In 1751, and again in 1770, it was destroyed by earthquakes.


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