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The Republic of Haiti is located on the Western, smaller portion of the Island Hispaniola, shared with the Dominican Republic between Cuba and Puerto Rico. It is the third largest country in the Caribbean after Cuba and the Dominican Republic with 27,750 square kilometers. It is the Caribbeans most mountainous nation and in 2013 had a estimated population of ten million people, of which 2.1 million occupied Haiti's capital city Port Au Prince, making it an immensely crowded city. The government of Haiti is a semi-presidential republic, where the president is the head of state elected by popular vote of the people and the prime minister is the head of governor appointed by the president.