海地所在的伊斯帕尼奧拉島西部海岸十分麯折,但是沿海衹有少數幾個附屬島嶼。海地屬於科迪勒拉山係的中段,具有明顯的山地特徵,分為四條大致平行的東西走嚮山脈。在地質上,海地所在的伊斯帕尼奧拉島並非像科迪勒拉山係那樣形成於晚白堊紀或古近紀的阿爾卑斯褶皺運動,而是屬於新近紀的斷層構造産物,其地殼構造運動自上新世開始,至更新世還在繼續。海地境內最高點Pic la Selle高度為海拔2680米。
1.阿蒂博尼特區Département de l'Artibonite
2.中央區Département du Centre
3.大灣區Département de la Grand'Anse
4.尼佩區Département des Nippes (2003設立)
5.北方區Département du Nord
6.東北區Département du Nord-Est
7.西北區Département du Nord-Ouest
8.西方區Département de Ouest
9.東南區Département du Sud-Est
10.南方區Département du Sud
政治
主要政黨
希望陣綫(Fwon Lespwa/Front de l’Espoir)
國傢民主進步大會(Rassemblement des Démocrats Nationaux Progressistes)
Respè
重建海地基督教全國聯盟(Union Nationale Chrétienne pour la Reconstruction d’Haïti)
新海地基督教運動(Mouvement Chrétien pour Batir une Nouvelle Haïti)
人民奮鬥組織(Oganizasyon Pèp Kap Lité)
民主同盟黨(Alyans/Alliance Démocratique)
國傢重建陣綫(FRN)
國傢和解獨立運動(Mouvement Indépendant pour la Réconcilation Nationale)
經濟
海地首都太子港的貧民區海地是世界上最不發達的國傢之一。聯合國開發計劃署的人類發展指數評價中,海地在177個國傢中名列第153位。2004年,海地的GDP(按購買力計算)為120.5億美元,排名第145位;人均GDP為380美元,排名第150位。2004年海地通貨膨脹率為22%,外債為14億美元。
Haiti (pronounced /ˈheɪtiː/; French Haïti, pronounced: [a.iti]; Haitian Creole: Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti (République d'Haïti ; Repiblik Ayiti), is a Creole- and French-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic, it occupies the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago. Ayiti (Land of high mountains) was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the mountainous western side of the island. The country's highest point is Pic la Selle, at 2,680 metres (8,793 ft). The total area of Haiti is 27,750 square kilometres (10,714 sq mi) and its capital is Port-au-Prince.
Haiti's regional, historical, and ethnolinguistic position is unique for several reasons. It was the first independent nation in Latin America, the first post-colonial independent Black-led nation in the world, and the only nation whose independence was gained as part of a successful slave rebellion. Despite having common cultural links with its Hispano-Caribbean neighbors, Haiti is the only predominantly Francophone independent nation in the Americas, and one of only two (along with Canada) which designate French as an official language; the other French-speaking countries are all overseas départements or collectivités of France.