Italian Haitians
Appearance
Regions with significant populations | |
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Port-au-Prince, Pétion-Ville | |
Languages | |
French, Haitian Creole, Italian | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Italians, White Latin Americans, White Haitians |
An Italian Haitian is a Haitian of Italian descent or an Italian with Haitian citizenship.
History
The business sector of Haiti, was controlled in the mid-19th century by German and Italian immigrants.[1] In 1908 there were 160 Italians residing in Haiti, according to the Italian consul De Matteis, of whom 128 lived in the capital Port-au-Prince [2]
During the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, the first Italian recorded dead was 70-year-old Gigliola Martino, who was born in Haiti to Italian parents who emigrated to the country in the early 20th century.[3]
In 2011, according to the Italian census, there were 134 Italians who were resident in Haiti, nearly all of them living in the capital.
References
- ^ "History of immigration to Haiti dates to the 19th century". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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- ^ Gigliola Martino death
Links
- Hossary, Nagia (Archive article)
Bibliography
- Commissariato dellemigrazione. Emigrazione e colonie, Volume 3: Raccolta di rapporti dei RR. agenti diplomatici e consolari.Tipografia nazionale di G. Bertero & comp. Roma, 1908