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NOUN (1)
1.
an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea;
an independent state within the British Commonwealth;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Grenada
n 1: an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern
Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British
Commonwealth
CIA World Factbook 2002:
Grenada
Introduction Grenada
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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.
Geography Grenada
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Location: Caribbean, island between the
Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean,
north of Trinidad and Tobago
Geographic coordinates: 12 07 N, 61 40 W
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
Area: total: 344 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 344 sq km
Area - comparative: twice the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 121 km
Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Climate: tropical; tempered by northeast
trade winds
Terrain: volcanic in origin with central
mountains
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine
840 m
Natural resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater
harbors
Land use: arable land: 5.88%
permanent crops: 26.47%
other: 67.65% (1998 est.)
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: lies on edge of hurricane belt;
hurricane season lasts from June to
November
Environment - current issues: NA
Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer
Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of
the selected agreements
Geography - note: the administration of the islands of
the Grenadines group is divided
between Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines and Grenada
People Grenada
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Population: 89,211 (July 2002 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 35.9% (male 16,213;
female 15,863)
15-64 years: 60.3% (male 28,460;
female 25,307)
65 years and over: 3.8% (male 1,546;
female 1,822) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.02% (2002 est.)
Birth rate: 23.05 births/1,000 population (2002
est.)
Death rate: 7.63 deaths/1,000 population (2002
est.)
Net migration rate: -15.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2002 est.)
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: 0.85 male(s)/
female
total population: 1.08 male(s)/
female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 64.52 years
female: 66.31 years (2002 est.)
male: 62.74 years
Total fertility rate: 2.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
AIDS:
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
Nationality: noun: Grenadian(s)
adjective: Grenadian
Ethnic groups: black 82%, mixed black and European
13%, European and East Indian 5% ,
and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Religions: Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%,
other Protestant 33.2%
Languages: English (official), French patois
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1970 est.)
Government Grenada
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Country name: conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Grenada
Government type: constitutional monarchy with
Westminster-style parliament
Capital: Saint George's
Administrative divisions: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*;
Carriacou and Petit Martinique*,
Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint
George, Saint John, Saint Mark,
Saint Patrick
Independence: 7 February 1974 (from UK)
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
Constitution: 19 December 1973
Legal system: based on English common law
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
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; prime
minister appointed by the governor
general from among the members of
the House of Assembly
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 18 January
1999 (next to be held by NA October
2004)
election results: House of
Representatives - percent of vote by
party - NA%; seats by party - NNP
14, GULP 1
Judicial branch: West Indies Associate States Supreme
Court (an associate judge resides in
Grenada)
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]
Political pressure groups and NA
leaders:
International organization ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-
participation: 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
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Denis
G. ANTOINE
consulate(s) general: New York
FAX: [1] (202) 265-2468
telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561
chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20009
Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: the ambassador to
US: Barbados is accredited to Grenada;
Charge d'Affairs Nadia TONGOUR
embassy: Point Salines, 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
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
Economy Grenada
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Economy - overview: Despite government steadying of
annual economic growth in recent
years through progress in fiscal
reform and prudent macroeconomic
management, a downturn in tourist
arrivals in 2001 threatens
government spending in 2002. Grenada
relies on tourism as its main source
of foreign exchange, although it
also supports a small agriculture
sector and a developing offshore
financial industry. Short-term
concerns include a rising fiscal
deficit and the deterioration in the
external account balance.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $424
million (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 6.5% (2001 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,750
(2001 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 7.7%
industry: 23.9%
services: 68.4% (2000)
Population below poverty line: NA%
Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.8% (2001 est.)
Labor force: 42,300 (1996)
Labor force - by occupation: services 62%, agriculture 24%,
industry 14% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate: 11.5% (1999)
Budget: revenues: $85.8 million
expenditures: $102.1 million,
including capital expenditures of
$28 million (1997)
Industries: food and beverages, textiles, light
assembly operations, tourism,
construction
Industrial production growth rate: 0.7% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production: 110 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
nuclear: 0%
Electricity - consumption: 102.3 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
Agriculture - products: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace,
citrus, avocados, root crops,
sugarcane, corn, vegetables
Exports: $78 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and
vegetables, clothing, mace
Exports - partners: Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%,
Netherlands 8.8% (1991)
Imports: $270 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities: food, manufactured goods, machinery,
chemicals, fuel (1989)
Imports - partners: US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%,
Japan 7.1% (1991)
Debt - external: $196 million (2000)
Economic aid - recipient: $8.3 million (1995)
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code: XCD
Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar
- 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications Grenada
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Telephones - main lines in use: 27,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 976 (1997)
Telephone system: general assessment: automatic,
islandwide telephone system
domestic: interisland VHF and UHF
radiotelephone links
international: new SHF
radiotelephone links to Trinidad and
Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and
UHF radio links to Trinidad
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 57,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)
Televisions: 33,000 (1997)
Internet country code: .gd
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 14 (2000)
Internet users: 4,100 (2001)
Transportation Grenada
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Railways: 0 km
Highways: total: 1,040 km
paved: 638 km
unpaved: 402 km (1996)
Waterways: none
Ports and harbors: Grenville, Saint George's
Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)
Airports: 3 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2001)
Military Grenada
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Military branches: Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast
Guard
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA
Military expenditures - percent of NA%
GDP:
Transnational Issues Grenada
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Disputes - international: none
Illicit drugs: small-scale cannabis cultivation;
lesser transshipment point for
marijuana and cocaine to US
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grenada -- U.S. County in Mississippi
Population (2000): 23263
Housing Units (2000): 9973
Land area (2000): 421.792214 sq. miles (1092.436773 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 27.584635 sq. miles (71.443874 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 449.376849 sq. miles (1163.880647 sq. km)
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 33.775041 N, 89.803446 W
Headwords:
Grenada
Grenada, MS
Grenada County
Grenada County, MS
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Grenada, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 351
Housing Units (2000): 146
Land area (2000): 0.481311 sq. miles (1.246590 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.481311 sq. miles (1.246590 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31246
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 41.644438 N, 122.522768 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 96038
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grenada, CA
Grenada
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Grenada, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
Population (2000): 14879
Housing Units (2000): 6210
Land area (2000): 29.951952 sq. miles (77.575197 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013069 sq. miles (0.033848 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 29.965021 sq. miles (77.609045 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29460
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 33.775080 N, 89.808768 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38901
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grenada, MS
Grenada