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  1. Date of Independence: June 1, 1804 (from France)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: March 1987
  3. Population: 6,884,264 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 10,695 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Port-au-Prince
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: marble, copper, bauxite, limestone
  8. Main Industries: sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, tourism
  9. Agriculture: coffee, sugarcane, corn, mangoes, rice, sorghum (grain)
  10. Currency: gourde
  11. GDP: $8.9 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $1,300 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: French (official), Creole
  14. Religions: Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestant denominations)
  15. Literacy Rate: 45%
  16. Life Expectancy:    50 years (male)
  17.                 54 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 33 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 14 per 1,000 population