Guadeloupe

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Guadeloupe

• By Mitchell Coffin 7E

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Back Round Information

• Guadeloupe has been a French island since 1635.
  The island of Saint-Martin is divided with the
  Netherlands.

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Location

• Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea,
  southeast of Puerto Rico. 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. Which is 10
  times the size of Washington DC.)

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Climate and Terrain

• The climate is sub-tropical, with trade winds and
  high humidity levels.

• Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior
  mountains Grande-Terre is low limestone
  formation most of the seven other islands are
  volcanic in origin

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Natural Resources

• Guadeloupe varies in resources. Its cultivable
  land, beaches and attract many tourists from
  around the world. There is 30 km of cultivable
  land in islands which are irrigated each year.
  Some natural hazard's not being volcanos is the
  hurricane season which starts in early October
  and ends in Late July. Soufriere is an active
  volcano in the area of Guadeloupe as well.

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The People Of The Islands

• The population in 2001, was a soaring 431,170.
  Where as the population has grown 1.07 since
  then. Research says that the females of
  Guadeloupe will live longer than the males
• male  74.01 years female  80.48 years

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Nationality

• The Nationality of the people are noun 
  Guadeloupian (s) adjective  Guadeloupe
• The ethnic back rounds vary among the people for
  example, black or mulatto 90, white 5, East
  Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5.
• Their Religion, followed by French is 95 roman
  catholic, Hindu and pagan African 4, Protestant
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Language Literacy

• Their official language is French although some
  people with other, nationalities speak their
  native tongue. Some Hispanic immigrated to
  Guadeloupe from neighboring countries and speak
  either French or Spanish.

• Most children over the age of 15 can read and
  write. 90 of the total population can read and
  write, 90 of males and females can also read and
  write which leaves 20 not being able too.

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Government

• The conventional long name is Department of
  Guadeloupe, but we usually call it by just
  Guadeloupe. The Foreign name for it is
  Departement de Guadeloupe. The capital is
  Basse-Terre, and currently do not have a form of
  government. Their national holiday is Bastille
  day which is July 14, and currently still serve
  under the French legal system. Their French
  constitution was 28 September 1958.

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Flag Description

• Three horizontal bands, a narrow green band
  (top), a wide red band, and a narrow green band
  the green bands are separated from the red band
  by two narrow white stripes a gold five-pointed
  star is centered in the red band toward the hoist
  side the flag of France is used for official
  occasions

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Economy

• The economy depends on agriculture, tourism,
  light industry, and services. It also depends on
  France for large subsidies and imports. Tourism
  is a key industry, with most tourists from the
  US an increasingly large number of cruise ships
  visit the islands. The traditional sugarcane crop
  is slowly being replaced by other crops, such as
  bananas (which now supply about 50 of export
  earnings), eggplant, and flowers. Other
  vegetables and root crops are cultivated for
  local consumption, although Guadeloupe is still
  dependent on imported food, mainly from France.
  Light industry features sugar and rum production.
  Most manufactured goods and fuel are imported.
  Unemployment is especially high among the young.
  Hurricanes periodically devastate the economy.

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Currency

• Euros per US dollar - 1.0659 (January 2001),
  1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999) French francs per
  US dollar - 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155
  (1996)

• The Guadelupians usually use the French franc but
  have a tendency to use the Euro dollar which is
  no more famous in Europe.

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Communications

• Currently there are 171.000 main telephone lines
  in use, with the exception of private or
  emergency lines. They do not have cellular phones
  but short wave radios and satellite phones. There
  are 130.000 radios In use and 18 broadcast
  stations. There are 5 television stations and
  118.000 televisions in use. Surprisingly there
  are 3 internet servers and only 4.000 people surf
  the net.

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Transportation

• In total there are about 2,560 km of highway,
  965km being paved and the rest unpaved. There are
  no waterways but there are ports and harbors,
  which can be found in Basse-Terre, Gustavia (on
  Saint Barthelemy), Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre. There
  are a total of 9 airports 8 with paved runways
  and 1 without.

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Military

• The country of Guadeloupe has to rely on the
  French forces to keep battle ready for any
  occurring attack. Although there are French
  marines and air force in the immediate area there
  are such things as guerrilla warfare and
  renegades.