It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola,
in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares the Dominical
Republic. The total area of Haiti is 27,750 square kilometres and its
capital is Port-au-Prince. French and Haitian Creole are the official languages.
Haiti is the poores country in the Americas as per the Human Development Index.
On January 12, 2010, at 21:53 UTC, Haiti was struck by a
magnitude-7.0 earthquake, the country's most severe earthquake
in over 200 years. The epicenter of the quake was just
outside the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. On 10 february
the Haitian Government gave a confirmed death toll
of 230,000 (now 316,000 people dead 1.6 million homeless)
Widespread damage resulted from the quake.
The capital city was devastated.
In October 2010, there was an outbreak of Colera.
More than 3,500 people in a region to the north of Port-au-Prince
were treated for diarrhea, acute fever, vomiting and severe
dehydration. There were fears the outbreak would
reach camps housing survivors of January's quake. Officials
believe the cholera outbreak was caused by people dreanking
infected water from the Artibonite river.
In early november, Hurricane Tomas hit the nation, exacerbating
the situation by causing widespread flooding.
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