Haiti Earthquake Population Movements Out of Port-au-Prince—21 February 2010

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is responsible for bringing together humanitarian efforts for a coherent response to emergencies. After a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, OCHA responded in partnership with national and international organizations to alleviate the human suffering. This map shows population movements following the disaster which affected 3 million people.

The earthquake directly affected Port-au-Prince, Léogane, Petit and Grand Goave, and Jacmel, causing more than 222,570 deaths and 300,572 injuries. In Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti and its largest city, 2.8 million people were affected. Many of the estimated 1.5 million homeless people in Port-au-Prince resettled in more than 1,354 spontaneous settlement sites across the earthquake-affected area while 661,000 people fled the capital for the regions.

The earthquake compounded preexisting problems of structural problems, severe poverty and low development, very limited access to education, health and sanitation services.

Courtesy of United Nations/OCHA, Advocacy and Visual Media Unit.

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