Guadeloupe
Latest News:
- Hurricane Dean nears category 5 intensity
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- Séisme aux Antilles : Point de situation
- Strong quake strikes Caribbean near Martinique
- Strong quake causes panic, little damage in Martinique
- Séisme aux Antilles : retour progressif à la normale
- Haïti : Les soubresauts de la tempête tropicale extra sai...
- New 'Dean' reconstruction project in Jamaica
- Des associations franco-haitiennes préoccupées par la cris...
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People
- Population: 407768
- Population Growth: 1.2%
- Infant Mortality: 8.3 per 1000 live births (similar to Czech Republic, Cyprus, Israel)
Context
- Area: 1780 km2
- Government: overseas department of France
- Religions: Protestant (1%), Hindu African (4%), Roman Catholic (95%)
- Ethnic Groups: Chinese (5%)
- Borders:
Economy
- GDP per capita: $US (similar to Togo, North Korea, Azerbaijan, Mongolia)
- GDP from agriculture: 6%
- GDP from industry: 9%
- GDP from services: 85%
