Port-au-Prince

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• Those trucks go to Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, six days a week throughout the year, providing the 300,000 individuals in the slum with clean and safe water.

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• In August 1991 in Port-au-Prince, a friend warned me: "You better get off the streets because word is that a coup d'état is in the works."

  Academic text (1997)

• The rest live in Cap Haitien and Port-au-Prince.

  Academic text (1997)

• It was dangerous driving through Port-au-Prince without a military escort.

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• After refueling in Miami, the jet continued to Port-au-Prince.

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• The question above (in Kreyl) was put to me by a woman who sold coffee and bread rolls on a street corner in Port-au-Prince.

  Academic text (1997)

• The story is shocking and it disrupts the continuous flow of the street in Port-au-Prince, with the cars chugging along and the people passing by.

  Academic text (1997)

• Historically, for instance, Haiti has had a restrictive policy including both taxes and limits on imports of petroleum fuels, and as a result, people in the capital, Port-au-Prince, mainly use charcoal for cooking.

  Academic text (1999)

• Conditions of life in Haiti, wretched for most Haitians even in the best of times, took a sharp turn for the worse earlier this year when an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck not far from the capital of Port-au-Prince.

  Academic text (2010)

• The capital and largest city of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, is known for its vibrant culture and history.

Synonyms

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Haitian capital

vsPort-au-Prince

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A city called Port-au-Prince that is the largest city and capital of Haiti

gives the same status but includes its location on the Gulf of Gonave

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Etymology