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Port-au-Prince
[ pawrt-oh-prins, pohrt-; French pawr-toh-prans ]
noun
- a seaport in and the capital of Haiti, in the S part.
Port-au-Prince
/ pɔrtoprɛ̃s; ˈpɔːtəʊˈprɪns /
noun
- the capital and chief port of Haiti, in the south on the Gulf of Gonaïves: founded in 1749 by the French; university (1944). Pop: 2 090 000 (2005 est)
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There has been no funding available for longer-term assistance, and many deportees are arriving in one of the most dangerous cities in the hemisphere — Port-au-Prince — without transportation or shelter.
Approximately 250,000 people perished— most of them near the capital of Port-au-Prince.
The epicenter of the quake was near Petit Trou de Nippes, a town on Haiti’s southern peninsula about 125 kilometers west of Port-au-Prince.
Gang violence has surged in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, as inflation and a delayed election contribute to the state of crisis in the Western Hemisphere's most impoverished nation.
As firefights between police and suspects continued Thursday, the Taiwanese Embassy in Port-au-Prince said Haitian police, with Taipei’s approval, had entered its grounds and seized 11 people who had broken into the compound and were holed up there.
Yes, there were gangs in Port-au-Prince fighting low-intensity turf wars in the slums.
But as the Associated Press correspondent in Port-au-Prince, I quickly realized that there was more to the story.
Even in Port-au-Prince, the capital of the overcentralized country, public services are unreliable at best.
It made one want to rush out and open a boutique in Port-au-Prince.
Word quickly spread around Port-au-Prince: "The President is back."
Fort Bizoton, Port-au-Prince, blown up by its commandant, in revenge of some supposed injuries received from his superiors.
Port-au-Prince is the largest town in Hayti, with the exception only of this, which is quite as open to the danger of fire.
The commandant at Port-au-Prince had asked him to convey the report he had hastily drawn up of the attack on the town.
Nat then told them what had taken place at Port-au-Prince, and how he and his men had taken part in the fight.
The Commander-in-chief held his levées at Port-au-Prince on certain days of the month, all the year round.
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