Haiti (
English
pronounced
/ˈheɪtiː/
;
French
Haïti
pronounced
aiti
;
Haitian Creole
: Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti (
République d'Haïti
Repiblik d Ayiti
), is a
French
and
Creole
speaking
Latin American
country located in the
Greater Antilles
archipelago
on the
Caribbean
island of
Hispaniola
, which it shares with the
Dominican Republic
. Ayiti (Land of Mountains) was the indigenous
Taíno
or
Amerindian
name for the island. The country's highest point is
Pic la Selle
, at ,metres (,ft). The total area of Haiti is ,
square kilometres
(,
sqmi
) and its capital is
Port-au-Prince
. |