CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Grenada


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!| Background:
 * 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: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: water: 0 sq km land: 344 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: 29.41% other: 64.71% (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Environment - international agreements: signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements !| Geography - note:
 * Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
 * 12 07 N, 61 40 W
 * Central America and the Caribbean
 * total: 344 sq km
 * twice the size of Washington, DC
 * 0 km
 * 121 km
 * territorial sea: 12 nm
 * tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
 * volcanic in origin with central mountains
 * lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 * timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
 * arable land: 5.88%
 * NA sq km
 * lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November
 * NA
 * party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
 * the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 15-64 years: 62% (male 29,321; female 26,104) 65 years and over: 3.5% (male 1,467; female 1,673) (2004 est.) !| Median age: male: 21.4 years female: 20.4 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Nationality: adjective: Grenadian !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1970 est.)
 * 89,357 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: 34.5% (male 15,580; female 15,212)
 * total: 20.9 years
 * 0.14% (2004 est.)
 * 22.61 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 7.31 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * -13.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1 male(s)/female
 * total: 14.62 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 64.52 years
 * 2.41 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * noun: Grenadian(s)
 * black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
 * Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
 * English (official), French patois
 * definition: age 15 and over can read and write
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Grenada !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: 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 !| Legislative branch: elections: last held on 27 November 2003 (next to be held by NA November 2008) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NNP 8, NDC 7 !| Judicial branch: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: consulate(s) general: New York FAX: [1] (202) 265-2468 telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561 chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 !| Diplomatic representation from the US: 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 !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: none
 * constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament
 * Saint George's
 * 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
 * 7 February 1974 (from UK)
 * Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
 * 19 December 1973
 * based on English common law
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996)
 * 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)
 * West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)
 * Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Herbert PREUDHOMME]; National Democratic Congress or NDC [leader vacant]; New National Party or NNP [George McGUIRE]; People Labor Movement or PLM [leader NA]
 * NA
 * 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
 * chief of mission: Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE
 * chief of mission: the US Ambassador to Barbados, Ambassador Mary E. KRAMER, is accredited to Grenada
 * 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: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: 23.9% services: 68.4% (2000) !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: NA !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Labor force - by occupation: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Electricity - production: !| Electricity - consumption: !| Electricity - exports: !| Electricity - imports: !| Oil - production: !| Oil - consumption: !| Oil - exports: !| Oil - imports: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * 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.
 * purchasing power parity - $440 million (2002 est.)
 * 2.5% (2002 est.)
 * purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2002 est.)
 * agriculture: 7.7%
 * 32% (2000)
 * lowest 10%: NA
 * 2.8% (2001 est.)
 * 42,300 (1996)
 * agriculture 24%, industry 14%, services 62% (1999 est.)
 * 12.5% (2000)
 * revenues: $85.8 million
 * bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables
 * food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction
 * 0.7% (1997 est.)
 * 138 million kWh (2001)
 * 128.3 million kWh (2001)
 * 0 kWh (2001)
 * 0 kWh (2001)
 * 0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * 1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * NA (2001)
 * NA (2001)
 * $46 million (2002 est.)
 * bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace
 * US 14.9%, Germany 12.8%, Netherlands 8.5%, Saint Lucia 8.5%, Antigua and Barbuda 6.4%, UK 6.4%, Belgium 4.3%, Dominica 4.3%, France 4.3%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.3% (2003)
 * $208 million (2002 est.)
 * food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel
 * US 30%, Trinidad and Tobago 26.8%, UK 5.2%, Japan 4.4% (2003)
 * $196 million (2000)
 * $8.3 million (1995)
 * East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
 * XCD
 * East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000), 2.7 (1999)
 * calendar year
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| 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 !| Radio broadcast stations: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet hosts: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 33,500 (2002)
 * 7,600 (2002)
 * general assessment: automatic, islandwide telephone system
 * AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
 * 57,000 (1997)
 * 2 (1997)
 * 33,000 (1997)
 * .gd
 * 18 (2003)
 * 14 (2000)
 * 15,000 (2002)
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!| Highways: paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.) !| Ports and harbors: !| Merchant marine: !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
 * total: 1,040 km
 * Grenville, Saint George's
 * none
 * 3 (2003 est.)
 * total: 3
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!| Military branches: !| Military expenditures - dollar figure: !| Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
 * no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force
 * NA
 * NA
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