Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

French is the official language. However, the language spoken by almost the whole population is Haitian Creole French . 95% of the population understand no other language.

Women usually take their husband’s family name upon marriage. However, they may retain their own.

Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles

Addresses are written in French. For information about thoroughfare types and other address strings, please refer to the chapter on France.

The Haitian postal authorities prefer that 'HT-' is placed before the postal codes, but the rules of the country from which the mail is sent must define if you do this - please refer to Formatting an international address.

A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired

This is written Boîte Postale.

Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits. The first digit refers to the department, the second to the district, the third to the commune and the fourth to the part of the commune.

Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired

Postal code format graphic

Postal code format

Postal code specifics

Postal code regular expression

Postal code level of coverage

Refer to Exonyms in Haiti for full lists of place names in Haiti in other languages.

Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm

Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm

Administrative districts graphic

    Artibonite 
    Centre 
    Grand'Anse 
    Nippes 
    Nord 
    Nord-Est 
    Nord-Ouest 
    Ouest 
    Sud 
    Sud-Est 

Telephone numbers in Haiti have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 8 digits. Mobile numbers commence with 32-39 or 4.

Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm