Country Chooser Country InformationGuadeloupe Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, D, E,
TV Systems:
System:SECAM K1
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Puerto Rico
Area:
total: 1,780 sq km
land: 1,706 sq km
water: 74 sq km
Climate:
subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity
Terrain:
Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin
Economy
GDP: $3.513 billion (2003 est.)
GDP growth rate: NA%
GDP per capita: $7,900 (2003 est.)
Inflation rate: NA%
Currency: euro (EUR)
Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 j(2001)
People
Population: 452,776 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 0.88% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1%
Languages:
French (official) 99%, Creole patois
Government
Capital:
name: Basse-Terre
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
none (overseas department of France)
Note: Information on Guadeloupe was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Guadeloupe, please visit one of the links below.
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