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Port-au-Prince (; (:pɔʁopʁɛ̃s); (ハイチ語:Pòtoprens)) is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean country of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,897,859 in 2015 with the metropolitan area (''aire métropolitaine'') estimated at a population of 3,296,386.〔 The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Cite Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour, and Pétionville. The city of Port-au-Prince is on the Gulf of Gonâve: the bay on which the city lies, which acts as a natural harbor, has sustained economic activity since the civilizations of the Arawaks. It was first incorporated under the colonial rule of the French, in 1749. The city's layout is similar to that of an amphitheatre; commercial districts are near the water, while residential neighborhoods are located on the hills above. Its population is difficult to ascertain due to the rapid growth of slums in the hillsides above the city; however, recent estimates place the metropolitan area's population at around 3.7 million, nearly half of the country's national population.〔http://www.urbanres.net/docs/ToR-cityWidePlanning-Haiti_final.pdf〕 Port-au-Prince was catastrophically affected〔() 〕 by an earthquake on 12 January 2010, with large numbers of structures damaged or destroyed. Haiti's government estimated the death toll to be 230,000. ==Etymology== French colonial commissioner Étienne Polverel named the city ''Port-Républicain'' on 23 September 1793 "in order that the inhabitants be kept continually in mind of the obligations which the French Revolution imposed on them." It was later renamed Port-au-Prince by Jacques I, Emperor of Haiti.〔Jacques Nicolas Léger, ''Haiti: Her History and Her Detractors'' (The Neale Pub. Co., 1907), page 66〕 When Haiti was divided between a kingdom in the north and a republic in the south, Port-au-Prince was the capital of the republic, under the leadership of Alexandre Pétion. Henri Christophe renamed the city ''Port-aux-Crimes'' after the assassination of Jacques I at Pont Larnage (now known as Pont-Rouge, and located north of the city). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Port-au-Prince」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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