Cap-Haïtien

Cap-Haïtien is the second largest city in with a population of 275,000 in 2015. It lies along a bay on the northern coast of the country. When Haiti was the French colony of Saint Domingue, the city was the colony's capital, then called Cap Parisian or Cap Francais.
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  • Type: City with 186,000 residents
  • Description: city in Haiti
  • Also known as: Cap Haïtien”, “Cap-François”, “Cap-Haitien”, “Cape Haitien”, “Cape Haytien”, “Guárico”, and “Ville du Cap-Haitien

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parc Saint-Victor and Morne Jean.

Stadium
is a football in Cap-Haïtien, . It is the home stadium of AS Capoise, Real Hope FA and Zénith of the Ligue Haïtienne. The stadium holds 10,000 spectators.

Peak
is a peak.

Cap-Haïtien

Latitude
19.7595° or 19° 45′ 34″ north
Longitude
-72.2008° or 72° 12′ 3″ west
Population
186,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
CAP
United Nations Location Code
HT CAP
Open location code
77F9QQ5X+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 295325876
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3728474
Wiki­data ID
Q216835
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cap-Haïtien” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كاب هايتيان
  • Armenian: Կապ-Ատյեն
  • Armenian: Քափ Հայիտեն
  • Asturian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Asturian: Kap Ayisyen
  • Basque: Cap-Haïtien
  • Bengali: কাপ-হাইতিয়েন
  • Breton: Cap-Haïtien
  • Bulgarian: Кап Аитиен
  • Catalan: Cap-Haïtien
  • Cebuano: Cap Haïtien
  • Cebuano: Okap
  • Chinese: Cap-Haïtien
  • Chinese: 海地角
  • Croatian: Cap-Haitien
  • Croatian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Czech: Cap-Haïtien
  • Czech: Kap Ayisien
  • Czech: Le Cap
  • Danish: Cap Haitien
  • Danish: Cap-Français
  • Danish: Cap-Haïtien
  • Danish: Le Cap
  • Dutch: Cap Francais
  • Dutch: Cap Français
  • Dutch: Cap-Haitien
  • Dutch: Cap-Haïtien
  • Egyptian Arabic: كاب هايتيان
  • Esperanto: Haitia Kabo
  • Estonian: Cap-Haitien
  • Estonian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Finnish: Cap Haitien
  • Finnish: Cap-Haitien
  • Finnish: Cap-Haïtien
  • Finnish: Le Cap
  • French: Au Cap
  • French: Cap Français
  • French: Cap François
  • French: Cap Haitien
  • French: Cap-Français
  • French: Cap-Haitien
  • French: Cap-Haïtien
  • French: Le Cap
  • German: Cap Haitien
  • German: Cap Haïtien
  • German: Cap-Haitien
  • German: Cap-Haïtien
  • Greek: Καπ-Αϊσιέν
  • Greek: Καπ-Αϊτιέν
  • Greek: Καπ-Φρανσαί
  • Gujarati: કેપ-હેટીન
  • Haitian: Kap Ayisyen
  • Haitian: Kap-Ayisyen
  • Haitian: Okap
  • Hebrew: קאפ-האיטיין
  • Hebrew: קאפ-האיסיין
  • Hindi: कैप-हैतियेन
  • Hungarian: Cap-Haitien
  • Indonesian: Cap Haitien
  • Indonesian: Cap-Haitien
  • Indonesian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Irish: Cap-Haïtien
  • Italian: Cap Haitien
  • Italian: Cap Haïtien
  • Italian: Cap-Haitien
  • Italian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Japanese: カパイシアン
  • Japanese: カパイシャン
  • Japanese: カプ=フランソワ
  • Japanese: キャップアイチアン
  • Kannada: ಕ್ಯಾಪ್-ಹೈಟಿನ್
  • Korean: 카프아이시앵
  • Korean: 카프아이티엥
  • Latvian: Kapaitjēna
  • Lithuanian: Kap Haitjenas
  • Malay: Cap-Haïtien
  • Malay: Cape Haitian
  • Marathi: कॅप-हॅटीन
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cap-Haïtien
  • Mingrelian: კაპ-აიტენი
  • Moksha: Кап Аитьен
  • Nauru: Cap-Haitien
  • Northern Frisian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cap-Haïtien
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cap Haitien
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cap Haïtien
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cap-Haitien
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cap-Haïtien
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kapayisyen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Okap
  • Norwegian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Occitan (post 1500): Cap Aïcian
  • Persian: کاپ-هائیتین
  • Polish: Cap-Haitien
  • Polish: Cap-Haïtien
  • Portuguese: Cabo Haitiano
  • Portuguese: Cap Français
  • Portuguese: Cap Haïtien
  • Portuguese: Cap-Français
  • Portuguese: Cap-Haïtien
  • Portuguese: Le Cap
  • Romanian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Russian: Кап-Аитьен
  • Russian: Кап-Аитьене
  • Russian: Кап-Айтьен
  • Russian: Кап-Франсе
  • Russian: Ле-Кап
  • Russian: Лё-Кап
  • Silesian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Sinhala: කැප්- හයිටියන්
  • Sinhala: කැප්-හයිටියන්, හයිටිය
  • Slovenian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Spanish: Cabo Haitiano
  • Spanish: Cap Haitien
  • Spanish: Cap Haïtien
  • Spanish: Cap-Haitien
  • Spanish: Cap-Haïtien
  • Spanish: Le Cap
  • Swedish: Cap-Francais
  • Swedish: Cap-Français
  • Swedish: Cap-Haitien
  • Swedish: Cap-Haïtien
  • Swedish: Okap
  • Tamil: காப்-ஹைட்டியின்
  • Telugu: కేప్-హైతిన్
  • Thai: กาปาอีเซียง
  • Turkish: Cap-Haitien
  • Turkish: Cap-Haïtien
  • Ukrainian: Кап-Аїтьєн
  • Urdu: کیپ ہیٹیان
  • Uzbek: Kap-aityen
  • Uzbek: Kap-Aityen
  • Venetian: Cap-Haïtien
  • Vietnamese: Cap-Haitien
  • Waray (Philippines): Cap-Haïtien
  • Welsh: Cap-Haïtien

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