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 Guadeloupe 
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 Guadeloupe 
 Capital: 
Basse-Terre
 Administrative
 divisions: 
none (overseas department of France)
 Population: 
435,739 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
French (official) 99%, Creole patois
 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
 Coastline: 
306 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Caribbean Sea 0 m - Soufriere 1,484 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.gp
 Currency: 
euro (EUR), French franc (FRF)
 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)
 Constitution: 
28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
 Government
 type: 
NA
 Dependency
 status: 
overseas department of France
 National
 holiday: 
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
 
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