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OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

6/ Puerto Rico πŸ‡΅πŸ‡· was an important πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Spanish military outpost and sugar producer for centuries. In 1898, after the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship in 1917, and it remains an unincorporated territory of the USA to this day.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_R

The political status of the territory - whether it should become a state, remain as is, or gain independence is a long-running debate
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politica

#geoweirdness

Map of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Unincorporated and organized US territory)
21 June at 16:51 | Open on en.osm.town
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OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

7/ Eastward to Hispaniola, the most populous island in the Greater Antilles. It is composed of two nations: Haiti πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ή and the Dominican Republic πŸ‡©πŸ‡΄

The island was under πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Spanish control from its β€˜discovery’ in the 1490s. In the 17th century, French pirates took over the western part, becoming the πŸ‡«πŸ‡· French colony of Saint-Domingue.

Harsh slavery conditions led to the Haitian Revolution in the 1790s. In 1804, Haiti πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ή gained independence, the first to be liberated by former slaves.

Map of the Island of Hispaniola
Map from c.1639 showing historic Spanish Hispaniola
21 June at 16:56 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

8/ Haiti πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ή has a place in OpenStreetMap history: the 2010 earthquake was a major impetus for the creation of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

hotosm.org/projects/haiti_

#geoweirdness #OpenStreetMap

21 June at 16:59 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

9/ Sadly conditions in Haiti πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ή are still very difficul, and it is the poorest country in the western hemisphere.

Here's an aerial image of the border with the much wealthier Dominican Republic πŸ‡©πŸ‡΄, you can see the significant deforestation on the Hatian side.

In February 2023, construction was started on a border wall on the Dominican side to stop migrants

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica

#geoweirdness
21 June at 17:02 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

10/ Haiti πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ή has an open territorial dispute - with the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ over tiny, uninhabited Navassa Island

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navassa_

The island is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife service as a National Wildlife Refuge. It is the only one of the "United States Minor Outlying Islands" not in the Pacific

#geoweirdness

Aerial image of Navassa Island, claimed by the US and Haiti
21 June at 17:07 | Open on en.osm.town
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