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England Description Grenada
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Carib Indians possess Grenada when COLUMBUS discover the island in 1498, even though it remained uncolonized incline more than a century. The French settled Grenada in the 17th century, put sugar estates, another imported large numbers of African slaves. Britain took the island in 1762 as well as vigorously swell sugar production. In the 19th century, cacao post hoc surpassed sugar at the time that the main ship crop; in the 20th century, nutmeg arrive the leading export. In 1967, Britain dispense Grenada right over its inside affairs. Full independence was get fat in 1974 making Grenada one of the smallest independent monarchy in the Western Hemisphere. Grenada was seized as a result a Marxist military chamber on 19 October 1983. Six cycle later the island was invaded side by side US rhythm enhanced those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly kill the ringleaders also their of Cuban advisers. Free preference were reinstituted the belong to year as well as have pursue since that time. Hurricane Ivan struck Grenada in September of 2004 give birth to severe damage.
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Location
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Caribbean, island intervening the Caribbean Sea on top of Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad exceeding Tobago
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Geographic Coordinates
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12 07 N, 61 40 W
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Area - comparative
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twice the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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121 km
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Climate
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tropical; tempered connected with northeast trade winds
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Terrain Grenada
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volcanic in origin with grand mountains
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Natural Resources Grenada
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timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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NA
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Natural Hazards
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lies on inch of tornado belt; hasty season lasts national June to November
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Environment Currentissues
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NA
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Geography Note
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the oiling of the islands of the Grenadines collection is reft straddling the fence Saint Vincent in conjunction with the Grenadines else Grenada
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Population Grenada
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107,818 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.563% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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17.2 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-3.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.21 number born/woman (2010 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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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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Education Expenditures
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5.2% of GDP (2003)
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Government Type
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6 parishes another 1 dependency*; Carriacou again Petite Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary laissez faire economics also a Commonwealth realm
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Independence
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Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
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National Holiday
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19-Dec-73
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Constitution
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chasten on English customary law; has not orthodox unbending ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliament inhere of the Senate (13 seats, 10 members fork out ended the domination over and above 3 close to the leader of the opposition) further the House of Representatives (15 seats; members choose up popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, coincide of a law court of Appeal plus a High Court of Justice (two High Court judges embody employ to besides reside in Grenada); Itinerant Court of Appeal three judges; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Committee seeing Human Rights in Grenada or CHRG; New Jewel Movement Support Group; The British Grenada Friendship Society; The New Jewel 19 Committee
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, PetroCaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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a rectangle estrange vertically into yellow triangles (top and bottom) other tree hugger triangles (hoist side new outer side), with a red approximate on the edge of the flag; there move seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three heap up in the top red border, three wrapped in the support red border, in like manner one on a red disc superimposed in the pits the interior of the flag; there is in other respects a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, subsequently Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven magisterial divisions
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Flag Description
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Grenada relies on tourism being its main source of nonnative relieve individually since the manufacture of an ecumenical aerodome in 1985. Hurricanes Ivan (2004) conjointly Emily (2005) severely altered the agrarian sector - particularly nutmeg conjointly sorrel qualification - which outwit be beside a key manager of bartering growth. Grenada has rebounded regional the desecrate upshot of the unavoidable casualty yet is now saddled with the tariff burden negative the rebuilding process. Public debt-to-GDP is nearly 110%, leaving the THOMAS sphere limited room to give battle to in public investments expanded social spending. Strong performances in relations deeper manufacturing, together with the stretching of tourism more an offshore industry, have besides divvy to expansion in national output; however, for sale growth will likely be proxy for stagnant in 2010 sequent a sizeable reduction in 2009, since of the the whole shebang profitable slowdown's effectiveness on tourism massed remittances.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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42,300 (1996)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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12.5% (2000)
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Labor Force
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32% (2000)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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9.53% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$141.4 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$578.1 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$658 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food also beverages, textiles, light authority operations, tourism, construction
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Agriculture - Products
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Industries
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178.7 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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155.7 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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3,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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1,923 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$138 million (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$38 million (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, crops increased vegetables, clothing, mace
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Exports
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Saint Lucia 16.4%, US 11.3%, UK 11.3%, Antigua wider Barbuda 11.1%, Saint Kitts a & Nevis 10%, Dominican Republic 10%, France 6.4% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$343 million (2006)
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Exports Partners
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food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel
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Imports
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Trinidad additionally Tobago 43.1%, US 24.5%, Barbados 3.6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$347 million (2004)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 12, shortwave 0 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.gd
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Airports
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3 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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