Port-au-Prince

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Port-au-Prince

Haiti

Port-au-Prince is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Cité Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour, and Pétion-Ville.

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Country: Haiti
Population: 1,998,000
Latitude: 18.54° N
Longitude: 72.34° O

Which way is Port-au-Prince from…

From Paris, Port-au-Prince lies at 271° to the west, 7,357 km as the crow flies.

Paris	271° west	7,357 km
London	268° west	7,181 km
New York	176° south	2,470 km
Madrid	271° west	6,896 km
Rome	281° west	8,227 km
Montreal	177° south	3,000 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	277° west	14,567 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Port-au-Prince is due south of both Montreal and New York: 177° and 176°, 3,000 and 2,470 km away. From London, it is due west, at 268°, 7,181 km away, whereas a flat map would say 240°, south-west. On its island, Santo Domingo lies due east, 257 km away, and Port-au-Prince shares its latitude with Nouakchott.