Guadeloupe |
Capital: | Basse-Terre
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Administrative divisions: | none (overseas department of France)
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Population: | 435,739 (July 2002 est.)
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Languages: | French (official) 99%, Creole patois
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Geographic coordinates: | 16° 15' N, 61° 35' W |
Area total: | 1,780 sq. km Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin) |
Land area: | 1,706 sq. km |
Water area: | 74 sq. km |
Total land boundaries: | 10.2 km |
Borders with neighbor countries: | Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km
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Coastline: | 306 km
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Elevation extremes: | Caribbean Sea 0 m - Soufriere 1,484 m
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Internet country code: | .gp |
Currency: | euro (EUR), French franc (FRF)
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Name - conventional long form: | Department of Guadeloupe |
Name - conventional short form: | Guadeloupe |
Name - local long form: | Departement de la Guadeloupe |
Name - local short form: | Guadeloupe |
Independence: | none (overseas department of France)
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Constitution: | 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
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Government type: | NA
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Dependency status: | overseas department of France
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National holiday: | Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
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