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Country name: conventional long form: Department of Guadeloupe conventional short form: Guadeloupe local long form: Departement de la Guadeloupe local short form: Guadeloupe Data code: GP Dependency status: overseas department of France Government type: NA National capital: Basse-Terre Administrative divisions: none (overseas department of France) Independence:...
The economy depends on agriculture, tourism, light industry, and services. It also depends on France for large subsidies and imports. Tourism is a key industry, with most tourists from the US; an increasingly large number of cruise ships visit the islands. The traditional sugarcane crop is slowly being replaced by other crops, such as bananas (which...
The Lonely Planet offers some insight into the Culture of the Eastern Caribbean.
Christopher Columbus landed on Guadeloupe on November 4, 1493. Though originally called Karuk eacute;ra (Island of Beautiful Waters) by the Carib Indians, Columbus named the island after the famous sanctuary of Santa Maria de Guadalupe de Estremadura. Lacking gold and silver, the island was not of great interest to the Europeans until the17th century....
Location: Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total area: 1,780 sq km land area: 1,706 sq km comparative area: 10 times the size of Washington, DC note: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, of which Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, and Marie-Galante...
Population: 440,189 (July 2003 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.7% (male 55,521; female 53,137) 15-64 years: 66.4% (male 144,764; female 147,449) 65 years and over: 8.9% (male 16,443; female 22,875) (2003 est.) Median age: total: 31 years male: 30.2 years female: 31.9 years (2002) Population growth rate: 1% (2003 est.) Birth rate: 16.16 births/1,000...
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