GEO Haiti 2010
GEO Haiti 2010
GEO Haiti 2010
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State of the Environment Report <strong>2010</strong><br />
With an average population density of<br />
302 inhab./km 2 , <strong>Haiti</strong> has one of the highest<br />
densities in the region. This leads to a large number<br />
of people living in congested slums, including<br />
those of La Saline in Port-au-Prince, of Raboteau in<br />
Gonaives and of La Faucette in Cap-Haïtien. This<br />
promotes a high demographic urban population<br />
rate, estimated at 3.63% compared to the very<br />
low rate of the rural population growth (0.92%).<br />
The figure below shows the population density<br />
per square kilometer and by municipality.<br />
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Figure 18: Population density by municipality<br />
Source: Map Action et DPC, 2008<br />
The country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, which<br />
includes seven municipalities, is home to more<br />
than 25% of the population of <strong>Haiti</strong>, representing<br />
62% of all urban populations (USAID, 2007).<br />
This increase in urban population has been<br />
accompanied, these last twenty years, by an<br />
accelerated anarchic urbanization process and a<br />
reduced availability and access to basic services,<br />
such as water, education, sanitation, etc. (See<br />
Sections 1 and 8, Chapter 2).
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