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Port-au-Prince

Capital of Haiti

Watercolour of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Nestled in the Gulf of Gonâve amphitheater, with Champs de Mars and Cathédrale Notre-Dame.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Champs de Mars; Cathédrale Notre-Dame; National Pantheon Museum; Iron Market; Chaîne de la Selle; tropical vegetation; Caribbean
Viewpoint
Favor an elevated viewpoint overlooking the city from the lower slopes of Pacot or Pétion-Ville looking down toward the bay, showing gingerbread turrets nestled in greenery in the foreground, the urban fabric spreading across the plain, and the deep blue-green mountains framing the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the towering mountain slopes of the Chaîne de la Selle, garden estates of Pacot, and mature park trees.
Guarded against
Not a generic Caribbean town
Population1,234,742Wikidata: 987,310
Coordinates18.54°N, 72.34°W
Elevation98 m
Area36,040,000 km²
Time zoneAmerica/Port-au-PrinceUTC−5
Solar noon11:49clock runs 0.2 h behind the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Port-au-Prince and you surface in open ocean, nearest to North West Cape, Australia — 764 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

Santiago de los CaballerosDO201 km
Santo DomingoDO258 km
KingstonJM474 km
BarranquillaCO882 km
MaracaiboVE882 km
NassauBS890 km
BarquisimetoVE996 km
BasseterreKN1,027 km

Twinned cities

2 of 5 twinned cities are in this atlas. See the full network →

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