U.S. troops deployed in Port-au-Prince, 2004

Port-au-Prince satellite image

Port-au-Prince, population 846,200 (1995), is the capital and largest city of Haiti. It is located on a bay of the Gulf of La Gonave. The city exports coffee and sugar. Port-au-Prince has food-processing plants and soap, textile, and cement factories. The city used to export shoes, baseballs, etc. Download high resolution version (1504x980, 377 KB)U.S. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. ... Download high resolution version (1504x980, 377 KB)U.S. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. ... http://observe. ... http://observe. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola and the smaller islands of La Gonâve, La Tortue (Tortuga), Grande Caye, and Ile a Vache in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba; the Dominican Republic shares Hispaniola with Haiti. ... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... This article deals with sugar as food and as an important, widely traded commodity; the word also has other uses; see Sugar (disambiguation) A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alter the flavor and properties (mouthfeel, perservation... This article is about a common cleaning mixture. ... This article is about the type of fabric. ... In the general sense, a cement (Latin caementum) is any material with adhesive properties. ...

It was founded in 1749 by French sugar planters. In 1770, it replaced Cap-Haïtien as capital of the colony of Saint-Domingue, and in 1804 it became the capital of newly-independent Haiti. Before independence it was captured by British troops on June 4, 1794. Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... Events March 5 - Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later. ... Cap-Haïtien (or Le Cap) is a city of about 500,000 people on the north coast of Haiti. ... Saint-Domingue was a French colony from 1697 to 1804 that is today the independent nation of Haiti. ... 1804 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ... The united Kingdom of Great Britain was created by the merger of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England in 1707 (see Act of Union 1707). ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... Events February 11 - 1st session of the United States Senate is open to the public. ...

Landmarks include the quay, the University of Haiti, the National Palace, the National Museum, and the Basilica of Notre Dame. A quay, pronounced key, is a wharf or bank where ships and other vessels are loaded. ...