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Background: |
One of the smallest independent countries in the
western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council
on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US
forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly
captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free
elections were reinstituted the following year. Learn geography the easy way by playing ZL's Geographycards (www.geographycards.com)
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Location: |
Caribbean,
island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of
Trinidad and Tobago |
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Geographic coordinates: |
12 07 N, 61
40 W |
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Map references: |
Central
America and the Caribbean |
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Area: |
total:
344 sq km
land: 344 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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Area - comparative: |
twice the
size of Washington, DC |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
121 km
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic
zone: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
tropical;
tempered by northeast trade winds |
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Terrain: |
volcanic in
origin with central mountains |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest
point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint
Catherine 840 m |
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Natural resources: |
timber,
tropical fruit, deepwater harbors |
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Land use: |
arable
land: 5.88%
permanent crops: 29.41%
other:
64.71% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA sq km
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Natural hazards: |
lies on edge
of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November
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Environment - current issues: |
NA |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party
to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer
Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the
selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
the
administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided
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Population: |
89,357 (July
2004 est.) |
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Age structure: |
0-14
years: 34.5% (male 15,580; female 15,212)
15-64
years: 62% (male 29,321; female 26,104)
65 years and
over: 3.5% (male 1,467; female 1,673) (2004 est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 20.9 years
male: 21.4 years
female: 20.4 years (2004 est.) |
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Population growth rate: |
0.14% (2004
est.) |
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Birth rate: |
22.61
births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
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Death rate: |
7.31
deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
-13.92
migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
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Sex ratio: |
at
birth: 1 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02
male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
65
years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
total population:
1.08 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total:
14.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.18 deaths/1,000
live births
female: 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2004
est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total
population: 64.52 years
male: 62.74 years
female: 66.31 years (2004 est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
2.41 children
born/woman (2004 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
NA |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
NA |
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Nationality: |
noun:
Grenadian(s)
adjective: Grenadian |
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Ethnic groups: |
black 82%,
mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5% , and
trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian |
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Religions: |
Roman
Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2% |
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Languages: |
English
(official), French patois |
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
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Country name: |
conventional long form: none
conventional short
form: Grenada |
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Government type: |
constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament |
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Capital: |
Saint
George's |
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Administrative divisions: |
6 parishes
and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew,
Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
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Independence: |
7 February
1974 (from UK) |
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National holiday: |
Independence
Day, 7 February (1974) |
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Constitution: |
19 December
1973 |
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Legal system: |
based on
English common law |
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Suffrage: |
18 years of
age; universal |
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Executive branch: |
chief of
state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented
by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996)
head of government: Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since
22 June 1995)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor
general on the advice of the prime minister
elections:
none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the
monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority
party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed
prime minister by the governor general |
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Legislative branch: |
bicameral
Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by
the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the
House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular
vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 27
November 2003 (next to be held by NA November 2008)
election
results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party -
NA; seats by party - NNP 8, NDC 7 |
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Judicial branch: |
West Indies
Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in
Grenada) |
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Political parties and leaders: |
Grenada
United Labor Party or GULP [Herbert PREUDHOMME]; National Democratic
Congress or NDC [leader vacant]; New National Party or NNP [George
McGUIRE]; People Labor Movement or PLM [leader NA] |
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Political pressure groups and leaders: |
NA |
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International organization participation: |
ACP, C,
Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES,
NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO |
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Diplomatic representation in the US: |
chief of
mission: Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE
chancery: 1701
New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone:
[1] (202) 265-2561
FAX: [1] (202) 265-2468
consulate(s) general: New York |
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Diplomatic representation from the US: |
chief of
mission: the US Ambassador to Barbados, Ambassador Mary E.
KRAMER, is accredited to Grenada
embassy:
Lance-aux-Epines Stretch, Saint George's
mailing address:
P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, West Indies
telephone: [1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176
FAX: [1] (473) 444-4820 |
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Flag description: |
a rectangle
divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green
triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the
flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered
in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and
one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is
also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is
the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the
seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions
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Economy - overview: |
Grenada
relies on tourism as its main source of foreign exchange, especially
since the construction of an international airport in 1985. Strong
performances in construction and manufacturing, together with the
development of an offshore financial industry, have also contributed
to growth in national output. |
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GDP: |
purchasing
power parity - $440 million (2002 est.) |
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GDP - real growth rate: |
2.5% (2002
est.) |
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GDP - per capita: |
purchasing
power parity - $5,000 (2002 est.) |
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GDP - composition by sector: |
agriculture: 7.7%
industry: 23.9%
services: 68.4% (2000) |
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Population below poverty line: |
32% (2000)
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Household income or consumption by percentage
share: |
lowest
10%: NA
highest 10%: NA |
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Inflation rate (consumer prices): |
2.8% (2001
est.) |
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Labor force: |
42,300 (1996)
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Labor force - by occupation: |
agriculture
24%, industry 14%, services 62% (1999 est.) |
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Unemployment rate: |
12.5% (2000)
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Budget: |
revenues: $85.8 million
expenditures: $102.1
million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997) |
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Agriculture - products: |
bananas,
cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn,
vegetables |
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Industries: |
food and
beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism,
construction |
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Industrial production growth rate: |
0.7% (1997
est.) |
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Electricity - production: |
138 million
kWh (2001) |
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Electricity - consumption: |
128.3 million
kWh (2001) |
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Electricity - exports: |
0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports: |
0 kWh (2001)
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Oil - production: |
0 bbl/day
(2001 est.) |
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Oil - consumption: |
1,000 bbl/day
(2001 est.) |
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Oil - exports: |
NA (2001)
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Oil - imports: |
NA (2001)
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Exports: |
$46 million
(2002 est.) |
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Exports - commodities: |
bananas,
cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace |
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Exports - partners: |
US 14.9%,
Germany 12.8%, Netherlands 8.5%, Saint Lucia 8.5%, Antigua and
Barbuda 6.4%, UK 6.4%, Belgium 4.3%, Dominica 4.3%, France 4.3%,
Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.3% (2003 est.)
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Imports: |
$208 million
(2002 est.) |
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Imports - commodities: |
food,
manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel |
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Imports - partners: |
US 29.3%,
Trinidad and Tobago 26.2%, UK 5.1%, Japan 4.3% (2003 est.) |
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Debt - external: |
$196 million
(2000) |
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Economic aid - recipient: |
$8.3 million
(1995) |
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Currency: |
East
Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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Currency code: |
XCD |
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Exchange rates: |
East
Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7
(2001), 2.7 (2000), 2.7 (1999) |
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