Americas
Haiti Flag
Blue and red come from France's tricolore — Haitian revolutionaries tore out the white stripe (representing white colonisers) and sewed the other two together. The coat of arms shows a trophy of weapons under a palm tree.
Capital
Port-au-Prince
Continent
Americas
Population
11.4 million
Flag symbolism
Blue and red come from France's tricolore — Haitian revolutionaries tore out the white stripe (representing white colonisers) and sewed the other two together. The coat of arms shows a trophy of weapons under a palm tree.
Did you know?
Haiti was the first Black republic in the world and the first Caribbean state to gain independence, in 1804.