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 Latin America and the Caribbean -Contacts-
 Haiti

Basic Data*

Area: 27 750 km²
Capital: Puerto Príncipe
Language(s): Creole and French (both official).
Total population: 8.4 (millions 2004)
Urban population: 38.1 (% of total)
Total estimated population 2015: 9.8 (millions)
Currency: Gourde
PIB per cápita: 1.892 (US$, 2004)
Grow Rate of Population: 1.3 (%/annum, 2004-2015)
Religion(s): Roman Catholic and protestant
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source: 54 (%,annum 2004)
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation: 30 (%, annum 2004)
Borders: West of the Dominican Republic, with the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, and Cuba to the northwest

Record of disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/natural-table-emdat.php?country=Haiti

Technological disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/tech-table-emdat.php?country=Haiti

 

Ministry of Interior. Civil Protection
Palais des Ministeres
Port-au-Prince
Tel: (509-4) 228-2537; 222-2284
Fax: (509-4) 222-8231
E-mail: altajeanbaptiste@yahoo.com


Haitian Red Cross
1, rue Eden, Bicentenaire
Apdo. 1337 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Tel: (509) 223-1035
Fax: (509) 223-1054
E-mail:crorohamipc@haitiworld.com


United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
18 Avenue Ducoste, B.P. 557.
Port-au-Prince, Haití
Tel:(509) 23-1400
Fax: (509) 23-9340
E-mail: fo.ht@undp.org
Web Site: http://www.ht.undp.org


Doctors Without Borders (Belgiun Mission)
Rue Borno # 7 BP 15330 -Pétion-Ville, Haïti
Tel: (509) 512-5840
E-mail: msfb-port_au_prince@.msf.org
Web Site: http://www.msf.es/proyectos/america/haiti/Hait.asp


Ministry of Health Public and Population. Disaster Health Coordinator
Palais des Ministéres, Port-au-Prince
Tel: (509-4) 228-2525 / 222-2725 (W)
Fax: (509-4) 224-2730
E-mail: janjang@caramail.com


Environmental Ministry
181, Haut Turgeau, 181, Port-au-Prince, Haïti
Tel: (509) 245-7572 / 245-9309
Fax: (509) 245-7360
E-mail: dgmde@rehred-haiti.net
Web Site: http://unfccc.int/resource/ccsites/haiti/index.html

Energy and Mining Office (BME)
Web Site: http://www.rehred-haiti.net/membres/bme/

Haitian Research and Development Network (REHRED)
Web Site: http://rehred-haiti.net/


Haitian sustainable Development Resource (RDDH)
E-mail: info@rddh.org
Web Site: http://www.rddh.org

 
* Source: Statistics and indicators are provided by the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS); the United Nations Statistics Division from the World Statistics Pocketbook, Statistical Yearbook and Report, except capital cities, languages and illiteracy rate; the Human Development Report 2006; and the Data Base of Stadistics and Social Indicators (BADEINSO) of ECLAC.

Regional Disaster Information Center
Tel: (506) 296.3952 | Fax: (506) 2231.5973
Pavas, San José, Costa Rica,
P.O. Box 1122-1200 San José, Costa Rica – 101092
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