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Port-au-Prince

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Port-au-Prince
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Port-au-Prince

Summary

Port-au-Prince is a commune of Haiti[1]. Port-au-Prince ranks in the top 0.77% of commune_of_haiti entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,472 views/month, #1 of 130).[2]

Key Facts

  • Port-au-Prince is located in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement[3].
  • Port-au-Prince is in the country of Haiti[4].
  • Port-au-Prince is on the body of water Gulf of Gonâve[5].
  • Port-au-Prince's head of government is recorded as Lucsonne Janvier[6].
  • Port-au-Prince's instance of is recorded as commune of Haiti[7].
  • Port-au-Prince's instance of is recorded as city or town[8].
  • Port-au-Prince's instance of is recorded as big city[9].
  • Port-au-Prince's official language is recorded as French[10].
  • Port-au-Prince's official language is recorded as Haitian Creole[11].
  • Port-au-Prince's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Turgeau[12].
  • Port-au-Prince's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Martissant[13].
  • Port-au-Prince's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q47365047[14].
  • Port-au-Prince's twinned administrative body is recorded as Miami[15].
  • Port-au-Prince's twinned administrative body is recorded as Montreal[16].
  • Port-au-Prince's twinned administrative body is recorded as Baton Rouge[17].
  • Port-au-Prince's twinned administrative body is recorded as Liège[18].
  • Port-au-Prince's twinned administrative body is recorded as Montevideo[19].
  • Port-au-Prince's postal code is recorded as HT6110[20].
  • Port-au-Prince's Commons category is recorded as Port-au-Prince[21].
  • Port-au-Prince's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[22].
  • Port-au-Prince's local dialing code is recorded as 21[23].
  • 1749 marks the founding of Port-au-Prince[24].
  • Port-au-Prince's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 18.546944444444446, 'lon': -72.34027777777777}[25].
  • Port-au-Prince's significant event is recorded as Siege of Port-au-Prince[26].
  • Port-au-Prince's significant event is recorded as Siege of Port-au-Prince[27].

Body

Geography

Port-au-Prince is in the country of Haiti[4]. Port-au-Prince is located in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement[3]. Port-au-Prince is on the body of water Gulf of Gonâve[5].

Physical Characteristics

Port-au-Prince covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+36040000'}[28]. Port-au-Prince sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+98'}[29]. Port-au-Prince has a population of {'amount': '+987310'}[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include commune of Haiti[7], city or town[8], and big city[9].

History and Context

1749 marks the founding of Port-au-Prince[24].

Why It Matters

Port-au-Prince ranks in the top 0.77% of commune_of_haiti entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,472 views/month, #1 of 130).[2] Port-au-Prince has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Port-au-Prince is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Alejandro Petion Boniface Alexandre École supérieure d'infotronique d'Haïti Edwidge Danticat François Duvalier Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier Jean-Jacques Dessalines Leslie Manigat Liège Michaëlle Jean Michel Martelly Quantum of Solace René Préval Université Adventiste d'Haïti Université Caraïbe Université de Technologie d'Haïti University Notre Dame of Haiti Zilda Arns

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . liege.be. liege.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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