Name: Geography Now! Haiti
Uploaded: 2020-03-30T03:38:12.000Z
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Haiti is like the smallest country with the most intense history.

Seriously. This little guy, barely larger than the size of Israel (including the West Bank and Gaza)

essentially changed the entire face of western society.

Lots to talk about, so let's just jump in.

You're like a candle in a hurricane that just won't be put out !

Haiti is located in the western third island of Hispaniola,

shared with  the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean Sea.

Just east of Cuba and Jamaica, west of Puerto Rico and south of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

At its narrowest point Haiti is only about 32 kilometers wide along the border with the DR.

The country is divided into 10 departments

and the capital, Port-au-Prince, located just at the beginning of the Tiburon Peninsula,

or this long narrow landmass protruding into the sea.

because of the way the country is shaped,

Haiti actually has the second longest coastline in the Caribbean after Cuba.

People say Haiti is shaped like a horseshoe...

However, I personally believe it looks more like a deformed, anorexic Pacman, trying to eat one of those yellow pellet things, just the yellow pellet thing is also anorexic

The largest cities outside of the Port-au-Prince area would be Cap-Haïtien and Gonaïves.

And the country's busiest and only two international airports:

Port-au-Prince, Toussaint Louverture International

and Cap-Haïtien interestly named Hugo Chavez International airport.

They made a deal with the Venezuelians, yada-yada, they named it after the guy.

the largest one, Gonâve, Île-à-vache, 2 Cayamites islands, Grande Caye, and Tortuga island

which used to be a pirate headquarters that hosted "The Brethren of the Coast": an international pirate community.

Yeah, Johnny Depp and the crew were not too far off from the truth.

Honestly, I stopped watching those movies after the third one

Squid face wants revenge and Keira Knightley becomes the king. Done.

Otherwise, the only dispute they have is with the US over this little guy, Navassa Island.

The border with DR is marked off by a series of river systems

Or the pleasantly named Massacre River in the North.

And a long stretch of the 45 highway that both countries share

so on either side you can view a different country.

The three main road entrances into the DR are:

Anse-à-Pitres, in the south, the 8th highway along lake  Étang Saumâtre, and the 6th highway entering into Dajabon in the North.

Otherwise, some notable sites might also include places like the Sans-Souci Palace ruins,

the Nèg Mawon Statue of the unknown slave,

The Atis Rezistans contemporary sculpture museum that uses real human bones with metal,

The Jubilee Voodoo Monument, in Anse-à-Foleur

and the crown jewel of the country, Citadelle La Ferrière, the largest fortress in the western hemisphere, built by 20.000 people to defend against the French.

In addition, there are surprisingly beautiful beaches all over, but that info belongs in the next segment.

Now Haiti gets a lot of flack for its land controversies and we will explain why in a little bit.

Haiti is the most mountainous country in the Caribbean

with numerous chains and massifs defining the interior structure of the land

the Center Plateau, The Chaine de Mathiheux,

The Massif de la Hotte, and the Chaine de la Selle

where the tallest mountain Pic la Selle can be found.

Only the North Massif and South Massif on the Tiburon Peninsula retain Haiti's concentrated rainforests

where you can find the national animal: the Hispaniola Trogon

Whereas the rest of the country is mostly drier and sparsely forested mountain terrain.

This is partially because for the longest time, Haiti has been dealing with a huge deforestation problem.

About 60% of the population's domestic energy production is still heavily dependent on charcoal.

Most media outlets get Haiti's forest cover percentage drastically incorrect.

Ok, that's like less than United Arab Emirates.

Seriously, mainstream media. Get your act together!

The point is, whatever the actual percentage is,

Nonetheless, deforestation has caused erosion and flooding problems

all over the country in the past century.

Add with that, pesky hurricanes and the occasional earthquake

and BAM! You have the country with the worst luck in the Americas.

(and even more unfortunately the capital Port-au-Prince)

lies directly on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault Zone,

a lateral, shifting fault which is part of the Caribbean tectonic plate

that grinds against the North American plate.

Worst possible position ever! But hey, I feel you Haiti.

I live close to the San Andreas fault and we're due

for a big one that will basically kill everyone. So, high five!

These fault lines are also pretty much the reasons why

the largest lake Lac Azuei or Étang Sumâtra (the twin lake of the DR's Enriquillo) was formed.

Both are saline, brackish water lakes that harbor

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