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GRENADA
Country profile:
Grenada
Official name: Grenada
Term for Citizens: Grenadian(s)
Capital: St. George's
Political Status:
Independent, 1974
Form of Government:
Parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
POPULATION
Total estimated
in 1986: 90,000
Annual growth rate
(in percentage) in 1986: 0.3
Life expectancy at
birth in 1984: 66
Adult literacy rate
(in percentage) in 1986: 90
Language: English
Religion: Roman Catholic
(65 percent), Protestant (nearly 35 percent), small Rastafarian sect
ECONOMY
Currency: Eastern
Caribbean dollar (EC$)
Exchange rate: EC$2.70=US$1.00
Gross domestic product
(GDP) in 1985: US$105 million
Per capita GDP in
1985: US$1,135
Distribution of GDP
(in percentage) in 1985: Government and other services 26.6
Agriculture 16.3
Wholesale and retail trade 15.5
Construction 7.5
Hotels and restaurants 6.4 Manufacturing 5.8 Other 21.9
NATIONAL SECURITY
Armed forces personnel:
0
Paramilitary personnel:
80
Police: 520
Geography
- Grenada is a three-island state: Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique.
- Grenada is the largest of the three, with a width of twelve miles (18 km) and a length of twenty-one miles (34 km).
- The total area is 133 square miles.
- The highest point is Mount Saint Catherine, at 2,757 feet.
- Carriacou is much less mountainous than Grenada, with an area of 13 square miles and wonderful sandy beaches.
Location
The three islands of Grenada are located in the Eastern Caribbean at the southern extremity of the Windward Islands, only 100 miles north of Venezuela. To the north lie St. Vincent and the Grenadines; to the south Trinidad and Tobago.
Climate
Average temperatures range from 24C/ 75F to 30C/ 87F, tempered by the steady and cooling trade winds. The lowest temperatures occur between November and February. Because of Grenada's remarkable topography, the island also experiences climate changes according to altitude. The driest season is between January and May. Even during the rainy season, from June to December, it rarely rains for more than an hour at a time and generally not every day.
People
Grenada's population numbers about 93,000, comprising citizens of African, East Indian, and European descent. The largest proportion of the population, about 75%, is of African descent. Ethnic groups: Black (91 percent); remainder East Indian or whites.
