<item><hi format=bold>Capital:</hi> Saint George's
<item><hi format=bold>Administrative divisions:</hi> 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> 7 February 1974 (from UK)
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> 19 December 1973
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> based on English common law
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> 18 years of age; universal
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state:</hi> Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Reginald Oswald PALMER (since 6 August 1992)
<item>• <hi format=ital>head of government:</hi> Prime Minister Nicholas BRATHWAITE (since 13 March 1990)
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Cabinet; appointed by the governor general on advice of the prime minister
<item><hi format=bold>Senate:</hi> consists of a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and 3 by the Leader of the Opposition
<item><hi format=bold>House of Representatives:</hi> elections last held on 13 March 1990 (next to be held by NA March 1995); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(15 total) NDC 7, GULP 4, TNP 2, NNP 2
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nicholas BRATHWAITE; Grenada United Labor Party (GULP), Sir Eric GAIRY; The National Party (TNP), Ben JONES; New National Party (NNP), Keith MITCHELL; Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement (MBPM), Terrence MARRYSHOW
<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of mission:</hi> Charge d'Affaires Ollie P. ANDERSON
<item>• <hi format=ital>embassy:</hi> Point Salines, Saint George's
<item>• <hi format=ital>mailing address:</hi> P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, W.I.
<item>• <hi format=ital>telephone:</hi> (809) 444-1173 through 1178
<item>• <hi format=ital>FAX:</hi> (809) 444-4820
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<item><hi format=bold>Flag:</hi> 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