1949 Port-au-Prince | |
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![]() Haitian president Dumarsais Estimé at the Expo | |
Overview | |
BIE-class | Universal exposition |
Category | Second category General Exposition |
Name | L'Exposition Internationale de port au Prince 1949 |
Motto | 200 years Port au Prince |
Area | 30 hectares (74 acres) |
Organized by | Dumarsais Estimé |
Location | |
Country | Haiti |
City | Port-au-Prince |
Venue | Gonave Bay |
Timeline | |
Bidding | October 12, 1948 |
Awarded | December 5, 1948 |
Opening | December 1, 1949 |
Closure | June 8, 1950 |
Universal expositions | |
Previous | 1939 New York World's Fair in New York City |
Next | Expo 58 in Brussels |
Specialised Expositions | |
Previous | International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing (1947) in Paris |
Next | The International Textile Exhibition in Lille |
Simultaneous | |
Specialized | Universal Sport Exhibition (1949) in Stockholm and The International Exhibition of Rural Habitat in Lyon |
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.