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- 340 km²; land area: 340 km²
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- Comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC
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- Land boundaries: none
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- Coastline: 121 km
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- Maritime claims:
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- Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
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- Territorial sea: 12 nm
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- Climate: tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
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- Terrain: volcanic in origin with central mountains
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- Natural resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
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- Land use: 15% arable land; 26% permanent crops; 3% meadows and pastures;
- 9% forest and woodland; 47% other
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- Environment: lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts
- from June to November
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- Note: islands of the Grenadines group are divided politically
- with St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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- █ ≡ People ≡ █
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- Population: 84,135 (July 1990), growth rate - 0.4% (1990)
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- Birth rate: 36 births/1,000 population (1990)
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- Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1990)
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- Net migration rate: - 33 migrants/1,000 population (1990)
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- Infant mortality rate: 30 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)
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- Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 74 years female (1990)
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- Total fertility rate: 4.9 children born/woman (1990)
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- Nationality: noun--Grenadian(s); adjective--Grenadian
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- Ethnic divisions: mainly of black African descent
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- Religion: largely Roman Catholic; Anglican; other Protestant sects
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- Language: English (official); some French patois
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- Literacy: 85%
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- Labor force: 36,000; 31% services, 24% agriculture, 8% construction,
- 5% manufacturing, 32% other (1985)
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- Organized labor: 20% of labor force
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- █ ≡ Government ≡ █
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- Long-form name: none
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- Type: parliamentary democracy
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- Capital: Saint George's
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- Administrative divisions: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou
- and Little Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint
- John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
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- Independence: 7 February 1974 (from UK)
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- Constitution: 19 December 1973
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- Legal system: based on English common law
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- National holiday: Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
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- Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime minister,
- Ministers of Government (cabinet)
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- Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an upper house
- or Senate and a lower house or House of Representatives
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- Judicial branch: Supreme Court
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- Leaders:
- Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented
- by Governor General Sir Paul SCOON (since 30 September 1978);
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- Head of Government--Prime Minister Nicholas BRATHWAITE
- (since 13 March 1990)
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- Political parties and leaders: 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
- Merryshow; New Jewel Movement (NJM), Bernard Coard
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- Suffrage: universal at age 18
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- Elections:
- House of Representatives--last held on 13 March 1990 (next
- to be held by March 1996);
- results--percent of vote by party NA;
- seats--(15 total) NDC 8, GULP 3, TNP 2, NNP 2
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- Communists: about 450 members of the New Jewel Movement
- (pro-Soviet) and the Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement (pro-Cuban)
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- Member of: ACP, CARICOM, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
- IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, NAM, OAS, OECS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO
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- Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Albert O. XAVIER; Chancery at
- 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington DC 20009; telephone (202) 265-2561;
- there is a Grenadian Consulate General in New York;
- US--Charge d'Affaires James F. COOPER; Embassy at Ross Point Inn,
- Saint George's (mailing address is P. O. Box 54, Saint George's);
- telephone p440o 1731 or 1734
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- Flag: 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
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- █ ≡ Economy ≡ █
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- Overview: The economy is essentially agricultural and centers on the
- traditional production of spices and tropical plants. Agriculture accounts
- for about 20% of GDP and 90% of exports and employs 24% of the labor force.
- Tourism is the leading foreign exchange earner, followed by agricultural
- exports. Manufacturing remains relatively undeveloped, but with a more
- favorable private investment climate since 1983, it is expected to grow.
- Despite an impressive average annual growth rate for the economy of 5.5%
- during the period 1984-88, unemployment remains high at about 26%.
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- GDP: $129.7 million, per capita $1,535; real growth rate 5% (1988)
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- Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.0% (1989 est.)
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- Unemployment rate: 26% (1988)
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- Budget: revenues $74.2 million; expenditures $82.3 million, including
- capital expenditures of $27.8 million (1989 est.)
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- Exports: $31.8 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
- commodities--nutmeg 35%, cocoa beans 15%, bananas 13%, mace 7%, textiles;
- partners--US 4%, UK, FRG, Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Imports: $92.6 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
- commodities--machinery 24%, food 22%, manufactured goods 19%,
- petroleum 8%;
- partners--US 32%, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada
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- External debt: $108 million (1989 est.)
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- Industrial production: growth rate 5.8% (1989 est.)
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- Electricity: 11,400 kW capacity; 24 million kWh produced,
- 280 kWh per capita (1989)
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- Industries: food and beverage, textile, light assembly operations,
- tourism, construction
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- Agriculture: accounts for 20% of GDP and 90% of exports; bananas, cocoa,
- nutmeg, and mace account for two-thirds of total crop production;
- world's second-largest producer and fourth-largest exporter of nutmeg
- and mace; small-size farms predominate, growing a variety of citrus
- fruits, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, and vegetables
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- Aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY84-88), $60 million; Western
- (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $61
- million; Communist countries (1970-88), $32 million
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- Currency: East Caribbean dollar (plural--dollars);
- 1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
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- Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1--2.70 (fixed
- rate since 1976)
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- Fiscal year: calendar year
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- Highways: 1,000 km total; 600 km paved, 300 km otherwise improved; 100 km
- unimproved
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- Ports: Saint George's
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- Civil air: no major transport aircraft
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- Airports: 3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways;
- none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
- 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
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- Telecommunications: automatic, islandwide telephone system with 5,650
- telephones; new SHF links to Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent; VHF and
- UHF links to Trinidad and Carriacou; stations--1 AM, no FM, 1 TV
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- Branches: Royal Grenada Police Force
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- Military manpower: NA
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- Defense expenditures: NA