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National Flag
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Grenada |
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Flag Description:
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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National Emblem(Coat Of Arms)
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Grenada |
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National Anthem
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Grenada |
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Categories National Symbol Of |
Grenada |
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Background:
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One of
the smallest independent countries in the western
hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military
council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island
was invaded by US forces and those of six other
Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the
ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free
elections were reinstituted the following year. |
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Location:
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Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic
Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago |
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Geographic coordinates:
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12 07 N,
61 40 W |
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Map references:
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Central
America and the Caribbean |
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Area:
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total:
344 sq km
land: 344 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
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Area - comparative:
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twice the
size of Washington, DC |
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Land boundaries:
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0 km |
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Coastline:
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121 km
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Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate:
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tropical;
tempered by northeast trade winds |
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Terrain:
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volcanic
in origin with central mountains |
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Elevation extremes:
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lowest
point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m |
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Natural resources:
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timber,
tropical fruit, deepwater harbors |
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Land use:
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arable
land: 5.88%
permanent crops: 29.41%
other: 64.71% (2001) |
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Irrigated land:
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NA sq km
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Natural hazards:
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lies on
edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June
to November |
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Environment - current issues:
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NA |
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Environment - international agreements:
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party
to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate
Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected
agreements |
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Geography - note:
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the
administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is
divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and
Grenada |
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Population:
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89,502
(July 2005 est.) |
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Age structure:
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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.) |
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Median age:
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total:
21.26 years
male: 21.73 years
female: 20.76 years (2005 est.) |
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Population growth rate:
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0.19%
(2005 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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22.3
births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Death rate:
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7.17
deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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-13.25
migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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at
birth: 1 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total:
14.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2005
est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total
population: 64.53 years
male: 62.74 years
female: 66.31 years (2005 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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2.37
children born/woman (2005 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Grenadian(s)
adjective: Grenadian |
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Ethnic groups:
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black
82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East
Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian |
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Religions:
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Roman
Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
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Languages:
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English
(official), French patois |
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1970 est.) |
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Country name:
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conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Grenada |
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Government type:
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constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style
parliament |
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Capital:
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Saint
George's |
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Administrative divisions:
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6
parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit
Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George,
Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick |
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Independence:
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7
February 1974 (from UK) |
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National holiday:
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Independence Day, 7 February (1974) |
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Constitution:
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19
December 1973 |
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Legal system:
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based on
English common law |
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Suffrage:
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18 years
of age; universal |
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Executive branch:
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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 |
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Legislative branch:
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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 |
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Judicial branch:
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West
Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate
judge resides in Grenada) |
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Political parties and leaders:
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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] |
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
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NA |
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International organization participation:
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ACP, C,
Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO
(subscriber), ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL,
OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO,
WIPO, WTO |
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Diplomatic representation in the US:
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chief
of mission: Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE
chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561
FAX: [1] (202) 265-2468
consulate(s) general: New York |
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Diplomatic representation from the US:
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chief
of mission: the US Ambassador to Barbados is
accredited to Grenada
embassy: Lance-aux-Epines Stretch, Saint George's
mailing address: P. O. Box 54, Saint George's,
Grenada, West Indies
telephone: [1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176
FAX: [1] (473) 444-4820 |
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Flag description:
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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 - overview:
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Grenada
relies on tourism as its main source of foreign
exchange, especially since the construction of an
international airport in 1985. Strong performances in
construction and manufacturing, together with the
development of an offshore financial industry, have also
contributed to growth in national output. |
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GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$440
million (2002 est.) |
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GDP - real growth rate:
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2.5%
(2002 est.) |
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2002 est.) |
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 7.7%
industry: 23.9%
services: 68.4% (2000) |
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Labor force:
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42,300
(1996) |
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 24%, industry 14%, services 62% (1999 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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12.5%
(2000) |
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Population below poverty line:
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32%
(2000) |
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest
10%: NA
highest 10%: NA |
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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2.8%
(2001 est.) |
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Budget:
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revenues: $85.8 million
expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital
expenditures of $28 million (1997) |
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Agriculture - products:
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bananas,
cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops,
sugarcane, corn, vegetables |
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Industries:
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food and
beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism,
construction |
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Industrial production growth rate:
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0.7%
(1997 est.) |
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Electricity - production:
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149
million kWh (2002) |
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil
fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
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Electricity - consumption:
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138.6
million kWh (2002) |
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh
(2002) |
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Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh
(2002) |
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Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day
(2001 est.) |
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Oil - consumption:
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1,000
bbl/day (2001 est.) |
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Oil - exports:
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NA |
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Oil - imports:
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NA |
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Exports:
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$46
million (2002 est.) |
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Exports - commodities:
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bananas,
cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace |
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Exports - partners:
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Saint
Lucia 12.7%, US 12.2%, Antigua and Barbuda 8.7%,
Netherlands 7.9%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.8%, Dominica
7.8%, Germany 7.1%, France 4.6% (2004) |
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Imports:
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$208
million (2002 est.) |
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Imports - commodities:
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food,
manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel |
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Imports - partners:
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Trinidad
and Tobago 29.6%, US 27.8%, UK 4.8% (2004) |
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Debt - external:
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$196
million (2000) |
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$8.3
million (1995) |
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Currency (code):
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East
Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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Currency code:
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XCD |
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Exchange rates:
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East
Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2004), 2.7
(2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000) |
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Fiscal year:
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calendar
year |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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33,500
(2002) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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7,600
(2002) |
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Telephone system:
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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 |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM
13, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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57,000
(1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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2 (1997)
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Televisions:
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33,000
(1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.gd |
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Internet hosts:
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18 (2003)
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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14 (2000)
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Internet users:
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15,000
(2002) |
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Highways:
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total:
1,040 km
paved: 638 km
unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Saint
George's |
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Airports:
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3 (2004
est.) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total:
3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
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Military branches:
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no
regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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NA |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
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Disputes - international:
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none |
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Illicit drugs:
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small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment
point for marijuana and cocaine to US |
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