An Italian Haitian is a

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an of

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

descent or an Italian with Haitian citizenship.

History

The business sector of Haiti, was controlled by

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and Italian immigrants in the mid-19th century. 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. 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.Gigliola Martino death
/ref> In 2011, according to the Italian census, there were 134 Italians who were resident in Haiti, nearly all of them living in the capital.

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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 {{Italian diaspora Ethnic groups in Haiti European Haitian