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<div>{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
|group=Indo-Haitians<br />
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|population= 10,000<br />
|popplace= [[Port-au-Prince]]<br />
|rels= [[Hinduism]]{{·}}[[Islam]]{{·}}[[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]<br />
|langs= [[Tamil language|Tamil]]{{·}}[[Telugu language|Telugu]]{{·}}[[Tulu language|Tulu]]{{·}}[[Kannada]]{{·}}[[Malayalam]]{{·}}[[Hindi]]{{·}}[[French language|French]]{{·}}[[Haitian Creole]]{{·}}<br />
|related= [[Indo-Caribbeans]]<br />
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'''Indo-Haitians''' are Haitians of [[India]]n ancestry who immigrated to or were born in [[Haiti]]. As of 2011, there are about 10,000 people of East Indian ancestry or ancestry from the [[Indian subcontinent]] living in Haiti. The overwhelming majority of them being mixed with other African and European ancestries. Their descendants are known as [[Marabou (ethnicity)|Marabous]].<ref>[http://ayitinou.com/article-posts/29-haitian-articles/3454-india-haiti-relationships-that-are-consolidated.html Ayitinou.com - India-Haiti: relationships that are consolidated] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518072530/http://ayitinou.com/article-posts/29-haitian-articles/3454-india-haiti-relationships-that-are-consolidated.html |date=May 18, 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
The Indian community in Haiti consists mainly of professionals, businessmen and volunteers from the congregation of the Sisters of Charity. The community is made up of immigrants from [[India]] as well as other Caribbean islands such as [[Martinique]] and [[Guadeloupe]]. Indo Caribbean immigrants from other Caribbean islands have intermarried with other Haitian communities. Their descendants are known as [[Marabou (ethnicity)|Marabous]]. There is also an influx of Haitian children born to Afro-Haitian mothers and Sri Lankan Tamil fathers.<br />
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===2010 Haiti earthquake===<br />
During the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]], many members of the Indian community have lost their homes had appealed to the Indian government to provide them financial assistance to rebuild their lives.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article108628.ece The Hindu - Indians in Haiti seek monetary help]</ref> There were about 40 Indian families scattered around the country at the time, some of whom had been living with the FPU for several days. Those who were wishing to return to India found themselves unable to do so as they could not get into neighbouring [[Dominican Republic]], which is the only way out of there since there were no direct commercial flights in and out of Haiti.<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Haiti|India}}<br />
* [[Asian Latin Americans]]<br />
* [[Indo-Caribbeans]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{NRI-PIO}}<br />
{{Haitian people}}<br />
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Haiti]]<br />
[[Category:Indian diaspora by country|Haiti]]<br />
[[Category:Indo-Caribbean]]<br />
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