The 1992 CIA World Factbook

Name: The 1992 CIA World Factbook
Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Geography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Political science -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Political statistics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; World politics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Highways:
    1,000 km total; 600 km paved, 300 km otherwise improved; 100 km unimproved
Ports:
    Saint George's
Civil air:
    no major transport aircraft
Airports:
    3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over
    3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
    automatic, islandwide telephone system with 5,650 telephones; new SHF radio
    links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to
    Trinidad and Carriacou; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, 1 TV

:Grenada Defense Forces

Branches:
    Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard
Manpower availability:
    NA
Defense expenditures:
    $NA, NA% of GDP

:Guadeloupe Geography

Total area:
    1,780 km2
Land area:
    1,760 km2
Comparative area:
    10 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
    none
Coastline:
    306 km
Maritime claims:
  Continental shelf:
    200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
  Exclusive economic zone:
    200 nm
  Territorial sea:
    12 nm
Disputes:
    none
Climate:
    subtropical tempered by trade winds; relatively high humidity
Terrain:
    Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grand-Terre is
    low limestone formation
Natural resources:
    cultivable land, beaches, and climate that foster tourism
Land use:
    arable land 18%; permanent crops 5%; meadows and pastures 13%; forest and
    woodland 40%; other 24%; includes irrigated 1%
Environment:
    subject to hurricanes (June to October); La Soufriere is an active volcano
Note:
    located 500 km southeast of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea

:Guadeloupe People

Population:
    409,132 (July 1992), growth rate 2.1% (1992)
Birth rate:
    19 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
    6 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
    8 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
    10 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
    74 years male, 80 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
    2.0 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
    noun - Guadeloupian(s); adjective - Guadeloupe
Ethnic divisions:
    black or mulatto 90%; white 5%; East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%
Religions:
    Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%
Languages:
    French, creole patois
Literacy:
    90% (male 90%, female 91%) age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
Labor force:
    120,000; 53.0% services, government, and commerce, 25.8% industry, 21.2%
    agriculture
Organized labor:
    11% of labor force

:Guadeloupe Government

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The 1992 CIA World Factbook

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Geography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Political science -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Political statistics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; World politics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Highways:
    1,000 km total; 600 km paved, 300 km otherwise improved; 100 km unimproved
Ports:
    Saint George's
Civil air:
    no major transport aircraft
Airports:
    3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over
    3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
    automatic, islandwide telephone system with 5,650 telephones; new SHF radio
    links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to
    Trinidad and Carriacou; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, 1 TV

:Grenada Defense Forces

Branches:
    Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard
Manpower availability:
    NA
Defense expenditures:
    $NA, NA% of GDP

:Guadeloupe Geography

Total area:
    1,780 km2
Land area:
    1,760 km2
Comparative area:
    10 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
    none
Coastline:
    306 km
Maritime claims:
  Continental shelf:
    200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
  Exclusive economic zone:
    200 nm
  Territorial sea:
    12 nm
Disputes:
    none
Climate:
    subtropical tempered by trade winds; relatively high humidity
Terrain:
    Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grand-Terre is
    low limestone formation
Natural resources:
    cultivable land, beaches, and climate that foster tourism
Land use:
    arable land 18%; permanent crops 5%; meadows and pastures 13%; forest and
    woodland 40%; other 24%; includes irrigated 1%
Environment:
    subject to hurricanes (June to October); La Soufriere is an active volcano
Note:
    located 500 km southeast of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea

:Guadeloupe People

Population:
    409,132 (July 1992), growth rate 2.1% (1992)
Birth rate:
    19 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
    6 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
    8 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
    10 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
    74 years male, 80 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
    2.0 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
    noun - Guadeloupian(s); adjective - Guadeloupe
Ethnic divisions:
    black or mulatto 90%; white 5%; East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%
Religions:
    Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%
Languages:
    French, creole patois
Literacy:
    90% (male 90%, female 91%) age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
Labor force:
    120,000; 53.0% services, government, and commerce, 25.8% industry, 21.2%
    agriculture
Organized labor:
    11% of labor force

:Guadeloupe Government

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