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Capital: Saint George's
Type of Government: constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament-
Administrative Divisions: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
Age Structure: 0-14 years: 33.9% (male 15,329/female 14,997)
Agriculture: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables
Airports: 3 (2004 est.)
With Paved Runways: total: 3-
With Unpaved Runways:
Area: total: 344 sq km. twice the size of Washington, DC
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.
Birth rate: 22.3 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Budget: revenues: $85.8 million
Coastline: 121 km-
Climate: tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Communications:
Constitution: 19-Dec-73
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)-
Current account balance:
Death rate: 7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Debt - external: $196 million (2000)-
Dependency status: -
Dependent areas:
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE
Disputes - international: none-
Distribution of family income: -
Economic aid - donor: -
Economic aid - recipient:
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.
Electricity - consumption:
Electricity - exports:
Electricity - imports:
Electricity - production:
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
Environment - current issues: NA
Environment - International Agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
Ethnic groups: black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - NA (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001)
Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996)
Exports: $40 million (2004 est.)
Exports - partners: Saint Lucia 12.7%, US 12.2%, Antigua and Barbuda 8.7%, Netherlands 7.9%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.8%, Dominica 7.8%, Germany 7.1%, France 4.6% (2004)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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
GDP (official exchange rate): NA
GDP (purchasing power parity): $440 million (2002 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 7.7%
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2002 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 2.5% (2002 est.)
Geographic coordinates: 12 07 N, 61 40 W
Geography - note: the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada-
Government - note:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA-
Heliports:
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA
Illicit drugs: small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for marijuana and cocaine to US
Imports: $276 million (2004 est.)
Imports - partners: Trinidad and Tobago 29.6%, US 27.8%, UK 4.8% (2004)
Independence: 7 February 1974 (from UK)
Industrial production growth rate: 0.7% (1997 est.)
Industries: food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction
Infant mortality rate: total: 14.62 deaths/1,000 live births
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.8% (2001 est.)
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, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Internet country code: .gd-
Internet hosts:
Internet users: 15,000 (2002)-
Investment (gross fixed):
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Judicial branch: West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)
Labor force: 42,300 (1996)-
Labor force - by occupation:
Land boundaries: 0 km
Land use: arable land: 5.88%
Languages: English (official), French patois
Legal system: based on English common law
Legislative branch:
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 64.53 years
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago-
Major infectious diseases: -
Manpower available for military service: -
Manpower fit for military service: -
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
Median age: total: 21.26 years-
Merchant marine: -
Military - note: -
Military branches:
Military expenditures - dollar figure: NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA-
Military service age and obligation:
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
Nationality: noun: Grenadian(s)-
Natural gas - consumption: -
Natural gas - exports: -
Natural gas - imports:
Natural gas - production: -
Natural gas - proved reserves:
Natural hazards: lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November
Natural resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
Net migration rate: -13.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Oil - consumption: 1,800 bbl/day (2003 est.)
Oil - exports: NA (2001)
Oil - imports: NA (2001)
Oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2003 est.)-
Oil - proved reserves: -
People - note: -
Political parties and leaders: Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Gloria Payne BANFIELD]; National Democratic Congress or NDC [Tillman THOMAS]; New National Party or NNP [Keith MITCHELL]; People Labor Movement or PLM [Dr. Francis ALEXIS]
Political pressure groups and leaders: NA
Population: 89,502 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: 32% (2000)
Population growth rate: 0.19% (2005 est.)
Ports and terminals: Saint George's-
Public debt:
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)-
Railways: -
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
Religions: Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%-
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: -
Roadways:
Sex ratio:
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system: general assessment: automatic, islandwide telephone system
Telephones - main lines in use: 33,500 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 7,600 (2002)
Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)
Terrain: volcanic in origin with central mountains
Total fertility rate: 2.37 children born/woman (2005 est.)-
Transportation - note:
Unemployment rate: 12.5% (2000)-
Waterways: