Italian Haitians

Italian Haitians
Regions with significant populations
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

  1. ↑ "History of immigration to Haiti dates to the 19th century". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Emigrazione e Colonie; volume 3: "Italiani in Haiti" (1908)
  3. ↑ Gigliola Martino death

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


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