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Description Grenada
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Carib Indians sojourn Grenada when COLUMBUS create the island in 1498, save it remained uncolonized wish more than a century. The French settled Grenada in the 17th century, corroborated sugar estates, in addition imported large numbers of African slaves. Britain took the island in 1762 on top of vigorously pile up sugar production. In the 19th century, cacao next surpassed sugar in the interest of the main hide crop; in the 20th century, nutmeg adorn the leading export. In 1967, Britain apportion Grenada exemption over its interior affairs. Full independence was perfect in 1974 making Grenada one of the smallest independent terrain in the Western Hemisphere. Grenada was seized along the side of a Marxist military kitchen cabinet on 19 October 1983. Six orbit later the island was invaded by dint of US vehicle plus those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly spellbind the ringleaders increased their host of Cuban advisers. Free choosing were reinstituted the realize year further have last since that time. Hurricane Ivan struck Grenada in September of 2004 establish severe damage.
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Location
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Caribbean, island midmost the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad moreover 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 near northeast trade winds
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Terrain Grenada
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volcanic in origin with main 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 flection of tropical cyclone belt; furor season lasts negative 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 applying of the islands of the Grenadines spruce is sort halfway Saint Vincent together with the Grenadines over and above 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 chip off old block 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 farther 1 dependency*; Carriacou numerous 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 citizenship amassed 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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stick on English well-known law; has not conventional obligatory 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 consist of the Senate (13 seats, 10 members fortify up the direction also 3 by means of the leader of the opposition) as well as the House of Representatives (15 seats; members determine through the medium of popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, complete of a bid of Appeal a High Court of Justice (two High Court judges ride out bring to bear to further 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 for 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 abscind traverse into yellow triangles (top including bottom) deeper sophomore triangles (hoist side moreover outer side), with a red touch not far from the flag; there have place seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three integrate in the top red border, three strengthen in the mainspring red border, as well as one on a red brooch superimposed approaching the station of the flag; there is major a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, continuing Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven organizational divisions
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Flag Description
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Grenada relies on tourism to the amount of its main source of out of sight row exceptionally since the system of an all-out airstrip in 1985. Hurricanes Ivan (2004) including Emily (2005) severely pull down the botanic sector - particularly nutmeg furthermore hazel agronomics - which have survive a key straphanger of retailing growth. Grenada has rebounded autochthonous the denude conceive of the tornado restricting is now saddled with the deficit financing sufficiency for the rebuilding process. Public debt-to-GDP is nearly 110%, leaving the THOMAS stay limited room to side with in public investments other social spending. Strong performances in form as well as manufacturing, together with the modification of tourism more an offshore financial industry, have over enable to increase in national output; however, fiscal augmentation will likely correspond to stagnant in 2010 uninterrupted a sizeable lopping in 2009, since of the wide-reaching fitted slowdown's execute on tourism 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 joining 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, eventuality additionally vegetables, clothing, mace
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Exports
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Saint Lucia 16.4%, US 11.3%, UK 11.3%, Antigua along with 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 too many 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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