A Brief History Of Haiti
The Dominican Republic takes up the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, with Haiti (View: A Map of Haiti) taking up the western third. Haiti is around the same size as Maryland with a land area of 10,714 square miles. Cap-Hatien, Jérémie, Les Cayes, Hinche, Gonaves, and Jacmel are the principal cities. French and Haitian Creole are the two official languages in Haiti. On December 6, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered a kingdom headed by a cacique or Taino Indian leader on the island of Hispaniola. The indigenous population was mostly wiped off after the French came in the...