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Kota ini didirikan pada tahun [[1749]] oleh pemilik perkebunan [[gula]] [[Prancis]]. Lalu pada tahun 1770 menjadi ibu kota. Pada tahun 1804 menjadi ibu kota Haiti merdeka.
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Port-au-Prince
| official_name =
| other_name = Pòtoprens ([[Bahasa kreol haiti|kreol haiti]])
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Ibukota dan kota terbesar
| image_skyline = Port-au-Prince Montage.jpg
| image_caption =
| image_shield = Armes de la Ville de Port-au-Prince.svg
| seal_alt =
| motto = ''Je Luis Pour Tous'' (bersinar untuk semua) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010663/00001/3x |title=Exposition Internationale, 1949–1950 – Bi-Centenaire de Port-au-Prince 1749–1949 (official catalog of the exhibition, printed in 200 copies) |publisher=University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries |accessdate=1 March 2017 |language=fr |archive-date=2019-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221200130/https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010663/00001/3x |dead-url=no }}</ref>
| pushpin_map = Haiti#North America <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wiki-indonesia.club/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
| pushpin_relief =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| pushpin_mapsize =
| pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| subdivision_type = [[Negara]]
| coordinates = {{coord|18|32|N|72|20|W|region:HT|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type subdivision_name = [[NegaraHaiti]]
| subdivision_name subdivision_type1 = [[HaitiDepartemen]]
| subdivision_type1 subdivision_name1 = [[Departemen]]
| subdivision_name1 subdivision_type2 = [[Arondisemen]]
| subdivision_type2 subdivision_name2 = [[Arondisemen]]Port-au-Prince
| subdivision_name2 subdivision_type3 = [[Port-au-Prince]]
| subdivision_type3 subdivision_name3 =
| subdivision_name3 government_type =
| government_typeleader_title = [[Wali = kota]]
| leader_titleleader_name = Ralph Youri = [[Wali kota]]Chevry
| leader_nameleader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor =and a Ralphcity Yourimanager Chevry-->
| population_urban leader_name1 = ▼| leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager -->
| leader_name1 established_title = Didirikan
| established_title established_date = Didirikan1749
| established_title2 = dibawah pemerintah kolonial ▼| established_date = 1749 ▼| established_date2 = 1770
▲| established_title2 = dibawah pemerintah kolonial
| established_date2 area_footnotes = 1770
| area_footnotes area_total_km2 = 36.04
| area_total_km2 area_urban_km2 = 36.04
| area_urban_km2 area_metro_km2 = 158.50
| area_metro_km2 elevation_footnotes = 158.50
| elevation_footnoteselevation_m =
| elevation_m population_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2015.<ref name=IHSI>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf|title=Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 Ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes En 2015|publisher=Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI)|accessdate=19 February 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106110552/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf|archivedate=6 November 2015}}</ref> ▼| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 987,310 ▼▲| population_as_of = 2015.<ref name=IHSI>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf|title=Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 Ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes En 2015|publisher=Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI)|accessdate=19 February 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106110552/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf|archivedate=6 November 2015}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = 27,395
▲| population_total = 987,310
| population_density_km2 population_metro = 272,395618,894<ref name=IHSI/>
| population_density_metro_km2 = 16,523 ▼| population_metro = 2,618,894<ref name=IHSI/>
| population_urban =
▲| population_density_metro_km2 = 16,523
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto ▼| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
▲| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| timezone utc_offset = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]-5
| utc_offsettimezone_DST = [[Eastern Time = -5Zone|EDT]]
| timezone_DST utc_offset_DST = [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]-4
| utc_offset_DSTpostal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal =code... -4->
▲| established_date postal_code = 1749
| postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... -->
| postal_code area_code =
| area_code website = http://www.portauprince.ht
| website footnotes = http://www.portauprince.ht
| footnotes =
}}
Pengangguran di Port-au-Prince tinggi, dan diperparah lebih lanjut oleh setengah pengangguran. Tingkat kegiatan ekonomi tetap menonjol di seluruh kota, terutama di antara orang yang menjual barang dan jasa di jalanan. Pekerjaan informal diyakini tersebar luas di daerah kumuh Port-au-Prince, karena jika tidak penduduk tidak dapat bertahan hidup. Port-au-Prince memiliki beberapa distrik kelas atas di mana angka kejahatan jauh lebih rendah daripada di pusat kota.
Port-au-Prince memiliki [[industri pariwisata]]. The Toussaint Louverture International Airport (disebut sering sebagai au Port--PrincePort—Prince International) adalah gerbang internasional utama negara itu bagi wisatawan. Wisatawan sering mengunjungi daerah ''Pétion-Ville'' di Port-au-Prince, dengan situs menarik lainnya termasuk rumah roti jahe.
==Kota kembar==
* [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], [[Amerika serikat]].<ref name=":0" />
* [[Miami]], [[Florida]], AS.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://id.db-city.com/Haiti--Ouest--Port-au-Prince|title=Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti - Kota dan Desa dunia|website=id.db-city.com|language=id|access-date=2020-06-20|archive-date=2020-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623150223/https://id.db-city.com/Haiti--Ouest--Port-au-Prince|dead-url=no}}</ref>
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