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About 80% of the population lives in wretched [[poverty]], and Haiti is known as one of the poorest countries in the western hempisphere.<ref>http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/HAITIEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21040686~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:338165,00.html</ref> Haiti is the origin of the [[occult]] practice of [[voodoo]], which is still popular in rural areas.
 
About 80% of the population lives in wretched [[poverty]], and Haiti is known as one of the poorest countries in the western hempisphere.<ref>http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/HAITIEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21040686~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:338165,00.html</ref> Haiti is the origin of the [[occult]] practice of [[voodoo]], which is still popular in rural areas.
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[[French]] is taught in schools, but the language of conversation is [[Haitian Creole]].
    
[[Category:Caribbean Countries]]
 
[[Category:Caribbean Countries]]
 
[[Category:Christian-Majority Countries]]
 
[[Category:Christian-Majority Countries]]
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