Portal:Haiti/DYK
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This is a list of Haiti Did You Know items for Haiti portal. The 6 Showing items are presently listed in the portal. Please add interesting facts from new articles to the top of the Rotated Items list. Periodically, the top item on the Rotated Items list will be entered at the bottom of the Showing items, replacing the top item of the Showing items list, thus allowing the Did you know facts to rotate. When an item is removed from the Showing items list, it can be placed at the foot of the Rotated Items list. Please remember that the corresponding article of the DYK should be available. |
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- ...that in 2004, Hurricane Jeanne hit the coastal city of Gonaïves, where it affected about 80,000 of the city's 100,000 residents. Official reports counted 3,006 people dead, with 2,826 of those in Gonaïves alone.
- ...that Gens de couleur were Free people of color in French colonial Haiti. The Gens de couleur could own plantations, and often owned large numbers of slaves themselves.
- ...that former President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier, also known as "Baby Doc" was exiled to France after his disposition in 1986. He lost most of his wealth due to his divorce from his wife Michèle, and now reportedly lives in very modest circumstances.
- ...that Restavec refers to a social system in Haiti whereby parents unable to care for their children send them to relatives or strangers, where they receive food and housing (and sometimes an education) in exchange for light housework.
- ...that in 2007, the Haitian national football team beat recent FIFA World cup finalists Trinidad and Tobago 2-1, to win the Caribbean Cup for the first time.
- ...that La Visite National Park is one of the two national parks in Haiti. It is located in the southeast of the country and contains the country's highest mountain, Pic de la Selle.
