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Port-au-Prince had an estimated city population of 1,200,000 in 2022, with the metropolitan area estimated at 2,618,894. More recent estimates place the metropolitan area's population at around 3.7 million, nearly a third of Haiti's national population.
Port-au-Prince was formally incorporated as a city in 1749 under French colonial rule. It replaced Cap-Français as the capital of the colony of Saint-Domingue in 1770, and became the capital of independent Haiti in 1804.
Port-au-Prince translates to "Prince's Port." A widely cited theory holds that captain de Saint-André named it in 1706 after his ship, Le Prince. However, the bay's islets were already known as les ilêts du Prince as early as 1680, predating the ship's arrival.
Haiti's government estimated the death toll from the 7.0 magnitude earthquake of the 12th of January 2010 at 230,000. The earthquake destroyed most of the historic city center, including the cathedral, the Legislative Palace, the Palace of Justice, and the Presidential Palace.
Cité Soleil is a slum neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, now constituted as a separate commune, that ranks among the largest and most deprived slums in the Americas. It is characterized by poverty, violence, and rapid unplanned growth.
Fet Gede is a Vodou celebration honoring Bawon Samdi and Gran Brigi that takes place in Port-au-Prince's national cemetery from the 1st of November through the third day of the month. Participants wear white cotton and purple headscarves, make food offerings for the spirits, and pour liquor on gravestones.