Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince (Kréyòl): Pòtoprens
Port-au-Prince from space
Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°32′21″N 72°20′06″W
Country	Haiti
Département	Ouest
Arrondisement	Port-au-Prince
Founded	1749
Colonial seat	1770
Elevation	98 m (322 ft)
Population (2007)
• City	1,082,800
• Metro	1,728,100
• Demonym	Port-au-Princien (female, Port-au-Princienne)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC-4)

Port-au-Prince is the capital city of Haiti and of the Ouest Département and it is the country's largest city, with almost 2 million people. It is on the southwestern coast of the Gulf of Gonâve.

Port-au-Prince was built in 1749 and, in 1770, it replaced Cap-Français (the modern Cap-Haïtien) as capital of the French colony of Saint-Domingue. In 1804, it became the capital of new independent country Haiti. During the French and Haitian revolutions, it was known as Port-Républicain, before being renamed Port-au-Prince by Jean-Jacques Dessalines. When Haiti was divided between a kingdom in the north and a republic in the south, Port-au-Prince was the capital of the republic.

It is the cultural centre of the country. Here is the State University of Haiti (Université d'État d'Haïti in French or UEH), as well as the Quisqueya University and the Université des Caraïbes.

Port-au-Prince is the nation's largest centre of economy and finance. It has the most important port of the country and coffee and sugar are exported. Port-au-Prince has soap, textile, and cement factories and others to process foods.

There is an important airport: Aéroport International Toussaint Louverture ("Toussaint Louverture International Airport"), 10 km north of the city.