![]() ![]() ![]() The island was originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno people, who originated in South America. ![]() Haiti is 27,750 km 2 (10,714 sq mi) in size, the third largest country in the Caribbean by area, and has an estimated population of 11.4 million, making it the most populous country in the Caribbean. To its south-west lies the small Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti ( / ˈ h eɪ t i/ ( listen) French: Haïti Haitian Creole: Ayiti ), officially the Republic of Haiti (French: République d'Haïti Haitian Creole: Repiblik d Ayiti), and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. ![]()
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