Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince

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The Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince was a world's fair held in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1949 to mark the 200th anniversary of the city's founding.

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1949 Port-au-Prince
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Haitian president Dumarsais Estimé at the Expo
Overview
BIE-classUniversal exposition
CategorySecond category General Exposition
NameL'Exposition Internationale de port au Prince 1949
Motto200 years Port au Prince
Area30 hectares (74 acres)
Organized byDumarsais Estimé
Location
CountryHaiti
CityPort-au-Prince
VenueGonave Bay
Timeline
BiddingOctober 12, 1948 (1948-10-12)
AwardedDecember 5, 1948 (1948-12-05)
OpeningDecember 1, 1949 (1949-12-01)
ClosureJune 8, 1950 (1950-06-08)
Universal expositions
Previous1939 New York World's Fair in New York City
NextExpo 58 in Brussels
Specialised Expositions
PreviousInternational Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing (1947) in Paris
NextThe International Textile Exhibition in Lille
Simultaneous
SpecializedUniversal Sport Exhibition (1949) in Stockholm and The International Exhibition of Rural Habitat in Lyon
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