| GEOGRAPHY |
| Country name: |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Grenada |
| Capital: |
Saint George's |
| Location: |
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago |
| Geographic
Coordinates: |
12 07 N, 61 40 W |
| Area: |
total: 344 sq km
land: 344 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
| Area
Comparative: |
twice the size of Washington, DC |
| Land
Boundaries: |
0 km |
| Coastline: |
121 km |
| Maritime
Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: |
tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds |
| Terrain: |
volcanic in origin with central mountains |
| Elavation
Extremes: |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m |
| Natural
Resources: |
timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors |
| GOVERNEMENT |
| Governement
Type: |
constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament |
| Administratives
Divisions: |
6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick |
| Independence |
7 February 1974 (from UK) |
| National
Holiday: |
Independence Day, 7 February (1974) |
| Constitution: |
19 December 1973 |
| Legal
System; |
based on English common law |
| Suffrage |
18 years of age; universal |
| Executive
Branch: |
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996)
head of government: Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June 1995)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general |
| Legislative
Branch: |
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 27 November 2003 (next to be held by November 2008)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NNP 8, NDC 7 |
| Judicial
Branch: |
West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada) |
| 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] |
| PEOPLE |
| Population: |
89,502 (July 2005 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 33.9% (male 15,329/female 14,997)
15-64 years: 62.7% (male 29,711/female 26,436)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 1,431/female 1,598) (2005 est.) |
| Median age: |
total: 21.26 years
male: 21.73 years
female: 20.76 years (2005 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Grenadian(s)
adjective: Grenadian |
| Ethnic groups: |
black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian |
| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2% |
| Languages: |
English (official), French patois |
| COMUNICATIONS |
| Telephones - main
lines in use: |
33,500 (2002) |
| Telephones - mobile
cellular: |
7,600 (2002) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: automatic, islandwide telephone system
domestic: interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links
international: country code - 1-473; new SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad |
| Radio broadcast
stations: |
AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998) |
| Television broadcast
stations: |
2 (1997) |
| Internet country
code: |
.gd |
| Internet hosts: |
18 (2003) |
| Internet users: |
15,000 (2002) |
| TRANSPORT |
| Railways: |
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| Highways: |
total: 1,040 km
paved: 638 km
unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways: |
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| Pipelines: |
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| Ports and harbors: |
Grenville, Saint George's |
| Merchant marine: |
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| Airports: |
3 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with
paved runways: |
total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with
unpaved runways: |
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| Heliports: |
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