Top 10 Interesting Facts About Haiti
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Welcome to the Countries so today in this Article I will show you top 10 interesting facts about Haiti.
1 Cockfighting is a traditional sport in haiti the roosters are fed raw meat and hot peppers soaked in rum to make them aggressive and tough the winner might bring home 67 which is more than what a person would earn in an entire month.
2 Haiti has the world's largest solar-powered hospital after the 2010 earthquake which left a death toll of over 300 000 people with 1.5 million people left homeless the hospital universitaire de meyer ballet became the world's largest solar-powered hospital.
3 It is unusual to own a car in haiti and there are no trains instead most haytons travel in buses called tap taps these buses which are acquired hand from the united states are very creatively painted and they add to the color on the streets of haiti.
4 Haiti was once a haven for pirates from the caribbean haiti hit gold mines and easy escape routes for the pirates and haitians also served as local labourers for mining and plantation work by the pirates.
5 Haiti is also one of the most deforested nations of the world the country has deforested its land by over 95 since 1923. poor agricultural practices overgrazing intensive demand for charcoal and scarcity of land are the leading causes.
6 Unfair labor practices are prevalent in the country and the majority of people are jobless haiti is at the bottom among north american countries in the world economic forum's network readiness index this rating is an indicator determining the country's technology and information development mobile phones and internet connections are reserved for the wealthy minority and business interests in the capital.
7 Haitian children are prone to deaths as more than 10 of them die before reaching the age of five half of its children are unvaccinated while only 40 percent of its population has access to basic health care.
8 Christopher columbus has a special connection with haiti in 1492 christopher columbus landed on the island and named it hispaniola a monument of christopher columbus stands on the central square of haiti's capital port-au-prince which is home to 20 of the country's population when columbus first saw haiti he thought he had found India.
9 One of the most interesting haiti facts is that the people in the country love to gamble according to a traditional.
10 Haitian belief all the good things that come to their lives depend on how the gods fancy their bets sometimes they would even ask the deities they worship to reveal lottery numbers that are a sure win that was all for Haiti.
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