fuel (1989)
Imports - partners: US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%, Japan 7.1%
(1991)
Debt - external: $89.2 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient: $8.3 million (1995)
Currency: 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.7000 (fixed
rate since 1976)
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Grenada:Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 23,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 400 (1995)
Telephone system: automatic, islandwide telephone system
domestic: interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links
international: new SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and
Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 57,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)
Televisions: 33,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (1999)
@Grenada:Transportation
Railways: 0 km
Highways:
total: 1,040 km
paved: 638 km
unpaved: 402 km (1996 est.)
Ports and harbors: Grenville, Saint George's
Merchant marine: none (1999 est.)
Airports: 3 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)
@Grenada:Military
Military branches: Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Special
Service Unit), Coast Guard
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%
@Grenada:Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: none
Illicit drugs: small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment
point for marijuana and cocaine to US
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GUADELOUPE
@Guadeloupe:Introduction
Background: Guadeloupe has been a French possession since 1635. The
island of Saint-Martin is divided with the Netherlands (whose southern
portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands
Antilles).
@Guadeloupe:Geography
Location: Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, southeast
of Puerto Rico
Geographic coordinates: 16 15 N, 61 35 W
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
Area:
total: 1,780 sq km
land: 1,706 sq km
water: 74 sq km
note: 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 isl
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