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 =
}}
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