Région Guadeloupe
Region flag	Region logo
Location
Administration
Capital	Basse-Terre
Regional President	Victorin Lurel (PS) (since 2004)
Departments	Guadeloupe
Arrondissements	2[1]
Cantons	40[1]
Communes	32[1]
Statistics
Land area1	1,628 km²[1]
Population	(Ranked 23rd)
- January 1, 2007 est. This article is about the city of Basse-Terre For the island on which the city is located see Basse-Terre Island. In France, the president of the regional council (French Président du conseil régional) is the elected official who heads the Conseil régional Victorin Lurel (born 20 August 1951 in Vieux-Habitants) is the current head of the Regional council of the French Overseas department The Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste, PS is the largest left-wing political party in France. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following are ranked lists of French regions. Population figures are from the 1999 census To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 The following are ranked lists of French regions. Population figures are from the 1999 census New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.	ca. 408,000[1]
- March 8, 1999 census	386,566[1]
- Density (2007)	251/km²[1]
1 French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The following are ranked lists of French regions. Population figures are from the 1999 census 386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers

Guadeloupe is an island group or archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea at 16°15′N 61°35′W, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi). An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open An archipelago (ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ is a chain or cluster of Islands The word archipelago literally means "chief Sea " from Italian For the region see Caribbean. The Caribbean Sea (kəˈrɪbiən or /ˌkærɨˈbiːən/ is a tropical Sea in the Western Hemisphere The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. ^[1] It is an overseas department of France. Overseas department (départements d’outre-mer or DOM) is a designation under the 1946 Constitution of the Fourth Republic that was given to the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe is also one of the twenty-six regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Overseas region (Région d'outre-mer is a recent designation given to the overseas departments which have similar powers to those of the regions of Metropolitan As part of France, Guadeloupe is part of the European Union; hence its currency is the euro. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e ^[2] Guadeloupe is however not party to the Schengen Agreement. The term Schengen Agreement is used for two agreements concluded among European states in 1985 and 1990 which deal with the abolition of systematic Border controls The capital of Guadeloupe is Basse-Terre.

History

Main article: History of Guadeloupe

During his second trip to America, Christopher Columbus became the first European to land on Guadeloupe in November 1493, seeking fresh water. Discovery and settlement The earliest settlers on Guadeloupe arrived around 300 BC and developed agriculture on the island Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer He called it Santa María de Guadalupe de Extremadura, after the image of the Virgin Mary venerated at the Spanish monastery of Villuercas, in Guadalupe, Extremadura. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe ( Spanish: Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe) is a monastic establishment in Guadalupe, The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe ( Spanish: Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe) is a monastic establishment in Guadalupe, However, the expedition set ashore just south of Capesterre but did not leave any settlers ashore.

After successful settlement on the island of St Christophe (St Kitts), the French American Islands Company delegated Charles Lienard and Jean Duplessis, Lord of Ossonville to colonize one or any of the region’s islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique or Dominica. Due to Martinique’s inhospitable nature, the duo resolved to settle in Guadeloupe. The French took possession of the island in 1635 and wiped out many of the Carib amerindians. It was annexed to the kingdom of France in 1674. Over the next century, the island was seized several times by the British. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located One indication of Guadeloupe's prosperity at this time is that in the Treaty of Paris (1763), France, defeated in war, agreed to abandon its territorial claims in Canada in return for British recognition of French control of Guadeloupe. The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on February 10, 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

In 1790, the upper classes of Guadeloupe refused to obey the new laws of equal rights for the free colored and attempted to declare independence, resulting in great disturbances; a fire broke out in Pointe-à-Pitre and devastated a third of the town, and a struggle between the monarchists (who wanted independence) and the republicans (who were faithful to revolutionary France) ended in the victory of the monarchists, who declared independence in 1791, followed by the refusal to receive the new governor appointed by Paris in 1792. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Pointe-à-Pitre ( French: Pointe-à-Pitre, pwɛ̃tapitʁ Creole: Lapwent, pronounced) is the largest city of Guadeloupe, an Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year In 1793, a slave rebellion started, which made the upper classes turn to the British and ask them to occupy the island. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Map of Guadeloupe

In an effort to take advantage of the chaos ensuing from the French Revolution, Britain attempted to seize Guadeloupe in 1794 and held it from April 21 to June 2. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks The French retook the island under the command of Victor Hugues, who succeeded in freeing the slaves. Victor Hugues (1761&mdash1826 was a French politician and colonial administrator during the French Revolution, who governed Guadeloupe from As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another They revolted and turned on the slave-owners who controlled the sugar plantations, but when American interests were threatened, Napoleon sent a force to suppress the rebels and reinstitute slavery. Sugar is a class of edible Crystalline substances mainly Sucrose, Lactose, and Fructose. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Louis Delgrès and a group of revolutionary soldiers killed themselves on the slopes of the Matouba volcano when it became obvious that the invading troops would take control of the island. Louis Delgrès was a Mulatto leader of the movement in Guadeloupe resisting reoccupation (and thus the reinstitution of Slavery) by Napoleonic The occupation force killed approximately 10,000 Guadeloupeans in the process of restoring order to the island.

On February 4, 1810 the British once again seized the island. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year By the Anglo-Swedish alliance of March 3, 1813, it was ceded to Sweden but the British administration continued in place while Swedish commissioners were sent to make arrangements for the transfer. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Sweden already had a colony in the area, but then by the Treaty of Paris of May 30, 1814, ceded Guadeloupe once more to France . The Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 May 1814 ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common An ensuing settlement between Sweden and the British gave rise to the Guadeloupe Fund. The Guadeloupe Fund (Guadeloupefonden was established by Sweden 's Riksdag of the Estates in 1815 for the benefit of Crown Prince and Regent Charles French control of Guadeloupe was finally acknowledged in the Treaty of Vienna in 1815. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Slavery was abolished on the island in 1848 at the initiative of Victor Schoelcher. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Victor Schoelcher ( 22 July 1804, Paris - 25 December 1893, Houilles) was a French Abolitionist writer Today the population of Guadeloupe is mostly of African origin with an important European and Indian active population. Lebanese, Chinese, and people of many other origins are also present.

On February 22, 2007 the island communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy were officially detached from Guadeloupe and became two separate French overseas collectivities with their own local administration, henceforth separated from Guadeloupe. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. Saint Barthélemy (Saint-Barthélemy officially the Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French Collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy) is an Overseas collectivity The French overseas collectivities ( collectivités d'outre-mer or COM) like the French regions, themselves are first-order Administrative divisions Their combined population was 35,930 and their combined land area was 74. 2 km² at the 1999 census. Guadeloupe thereby lost 8. 5 percent of its population and 4. 36 percent of its land area, based upon numbers from that census.

Geography

In green (with red legend) are the former constituent parts of the Guadeloupe region/department among the Leeward Islands . The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands part of the West Indies. On February 22, 2007, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy seceded from Guadeloupe to become autonomous French regions. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Saint Barthélemy (Saint-Barthélemy officially the Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French Collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy) is an Overseas collectivity Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and Les Saintes are still part of the Guadeloupe region/department. Marie-Galante is an island of the Caribbean Sea located in the Guadeloupean archipelago La Désirade is an island in the French overseas ''région'' and ''département'' of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. The Îles des Saintes (literally "Islands of the Saints" also called simply Les Saintes, are a group of Islands within the French overseas department

Map of the Guadeloupe archipelago

Guadeloupe comprises five islands: Basse-Terre Island, Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called Salt River) with the adjacent islands of La Désirade, Les Saintes and Marie-Galante. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant For the largest city on the island of Basse-Terre and capital of Guadeloupe see Basse-Terre. Grande Terre is also the name of the main island of New Caledonia, and the name of the largest of the Kerguelen Islands. La Désirade is an island in the French overseas ''région'' and ''département'' of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. The Îles des Saintes (literally "Islands of the Saints" also called simply Les Saintes, are a group of Islands within the French overseas department Marie-Galante is an island of the Caribbean Sea located in the Guadeloupean archipelago

Basse-Terre has a rough volcanic relief while Grande-Terre features rolling hills and flat plains. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the

Further to the north, Saint-Barthélemy and the French part of Saint Martin once came under the jurisdiction of Guadeloupe but on December 7, 2003, both of these areas voted to become an overseas territorial collectivity, a decision which took effect on February 22, 2007. Saint Barthélemy (Saint-Barthélemy officially the Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French Collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy) is an Overseas collectivity Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1]

Demographics

(July 2006 estimates from the CIA World Factbook; note that these estimates disagree with official INSEE estimates and that they also include Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy)

Arrondissements, cantons, and communes

View from Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is divided into arrondissements, cantons and communes:

• Arrondissements of the Guadeloupe department
• Cantons of the Guadeloupe department
• Communes of the Guadeloupe department

See also: Overseas departments and territories of France and Administrative divisions of France

Major communities

• Baie-Mahault
• Le Gosier
• Le Moule
• Les Abymes
• Petit-Bourg
• Pointe-à-Pitre
• Sainte-Anne

Politics

Main article: Politics of Guadeloupe

Culture

Beach in Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe's culture is probably best known for the islanders' literary achievements, particularly the poetry of Saint-John Perse, the pseudonym used by Alexis Léger. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse Mulatto is a term used to describe a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person whose Ancestry is a mixture of black and white White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Lebanese people ( الشعب اللبناني, el shaab el libnene) are a Middle Eastern people originating in the country of Lebanon Syrians today are an overall indigenous Levantine people closely related to their immediate neighbours like the Lebanese and (to a lesser extent Jordanians Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. See also Religion in Africa African traditional religions, also referred to as African indigenous religions or African Jehovah's Witnesses is a restorationist, millenialist Christian denomination A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people A creole language, or simply a creole, is a stable Language that originates seemingly as a nativized Pidgin. traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write or the ability to use Language to read, write, listen, The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The 2 arrondissements of the Guadeloupe department are Arrondissement of Basse-Terre, ( prefecture of the Guadeloupe department The following is a list of the 40 cantons of the Guadeloupe department, an overseas department of France, sorted by arrondissement The following is a list of the 32 communes of the Guadeloupe Overseas department of France. The French Overseas Departments and Territories ( French: départements d'outre-mer and territoires d'outre-mer or DOM-TOM) consist broadly of |||} Metropolitan France As of January 1, 2008, Metropolitan France is divided into 22 regions (including Corsica, although Baie-Mahault is the fourth most populated commune in the French overseas ''région'' and ''département'' of Guadeloupe Le Gosier is the third most populated commune in the French overseas ''région'' and ''département'' of Guadeloupe, in the Le Moule is the sixth-largest commune in the French overseas département of Guadeloupe. Les Abymes is the most populated commune in the French Overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Petit-Bourg is the seventh-largest commune in the French overseas département of Guadeloupe. Pointe-à-Pitre ( French: Pointe-à-Pitre, pwɛ̃tapitʁ Creole: Lapwent, pronounced) is the largest city of Guadeloupe, an Sainte-Anne is a city in the southern part of Grande-Terre, considered by some to be one of the most touristic towns of Guadeloupe (with Le Gosier Guadeloupe sends four deputies to the French National Assembly and three senators to the French Senate. Saint-John Perse (pseudonym of Alexis Léger, also Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) ( 31 May, 1887 &ndash 20 September, 1975 Saint-John Perse (pseudonym of Alexis Léger, also Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) ( 31 May, 1887 &ndash 20 September, 1975 Perse won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the soaring flight and the evocative images of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred "

Guadeloupe has always had a rich literary production prolonged today by many living writers, poets, novelists, essayists and journalists, among them Mesdames Maryse Condé and Simone Schwartz-Bart, M. Maryse Condé (born 1930 is a Guadeloupean French language Author of Historical fiction, best known for her novel Segu (1984-1985 Ernest Pépin.

Also culturally important are the arts, particularly painting and sculpture. Famous painters and/or sculptors include Michel Rovelas, Claudie Cancelier, Jean-Claude Echard, Christian Bracy, Roger Arekian, les Frères Baptiste, Michelle Chomereau-Lamothe, Léogane, Pédurand, Nicole Réache, Victor Sainsily. Guadeloupean visual effects artist compositor Karim Sahai of Weta Digital, New Zealand, has worked on the visual effects of many movies such as The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, and The Waterhorse. Weta Digital' is a Digital Visual effects company based in Wellington New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Lord of the Rings is an epic The Water Horse Legend of the Deep is a 2007 Fantasy film directed by Jay Russell.

Music and dance are also very popular, and the widely accepted interaction of African, French and Indian^[5] cultures has given birth to some original new forms specific to the archipelago. Islanders enjoy many local dance styles including the quadrille "au commandement", zouk, zouk-love, kompa toumbélé, as well as all the modern international dances. for the equestrian form of quadrille see Quadrille (dressage The term may also refer to Quad paper and a Square tiling Typical Guadeloupean music includes la biguine and gwo ka à la base. Biguine is a style of Music that originated in Martinique in the 19th century Kassav' and Admiral T embody the traditional and the new generation of music. Kassav' ( Haitian and Antillean Creole for a local dish made from Cassava) is a Francophone Zouk band which was formed Admiral T, whose real name is Christy Campbell, is a french Guadeloupean singer of Reggae - Dancehall music Many international festivals take place in Guadeloupe, like the Creole Blues Festival, the Marie-Galante Festival, Festival Gwo-Ka Cotellon, etc. It goes without saying that all the Euro-French forms of art are also omnipresent in the melting pot.

Another element of the Guadeloupean culture is its dress. Women in particular have a unique style of traditional dresses, with many layers of colourful fabrics, now only worn on special occasions. On festive occasions they also wore a madras (originally the 'kerchief' from South India) head scarf tied in many different symbolic forms. The headdress could be done in many styles with names like the "bat" style, or the "firefighter" style, as well as the "Guadeloupean woman. " Jewelry, mainly of gold, is also important in the Guadeloupean lady's dress, a product of European, African and Indian inspiration. Many famous couturiers like Devaed and Mondelo are Guadeloupeans.

Football (soccer) is popular in Guadeloupe. Thierry Henry, a star of the French National Team and Spanish League club FC Barcelona, often visits, as his father Antoine was originally from the island. Thierry Daniel Henry ( born 17 August 1977 The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. Fútbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona known familiarly as Barça (Spanish ˈbaɾsa Catalan William Gallas, whose parentage is Guadeloupean, visits the island when not playing for Arsenal or the French National team. William Gallas (born 17 August 1977 in Asnières-sur-Seine) is a French international footballer of Guadeloupian descent Lilian Thuram, a star football defender for France and FC Barcelona, was born in Guadeloupe. Lilian Thuram (born Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien, January 1 1972 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, FWI) is a retired French professional The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. Fútbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona known familiarly as Barça (Spanish ˈbaɾsa Catalan The French national team and Manchester United striker, Louis Saha, is also of Guadeloupean descent, as is MK Dons goalkeeper Willy Gueret. Louis Laurent Saha (born 8 August 1978 in Paris, France) is a French international footballer He currently plays for the Willy July Guéret (born 3 August 1973 in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe) is a French professional footballer who currently plays The region's football team experienced recent success, advancing all the way to the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finals, where they were defeated just 1-0 by CONCACAF powerhouse Mexico. The Guadeloupe national football team (sélection de la Guadeloupe de football is the regional team of the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the association football championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean ( CONCACAF CONCACAF (the Confederation of North Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for football in North America, The Mexican national football team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and represents Mexico in international football competition Many fine track and field athletes, such as Marie-José Perec, Patricia Girard-Léno, and Christine Arron are also Guadeloupe natives. Marie-José Pérec (born May 9, 1968) is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion Patricia Girard-Léno (born April 8, 1968 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France) is a French athlete who competed |- Career She arrived in Metropolitan France in 1990 and first trained with Fernand Urtebise, who also coached 1997 world 400m hurdles champion Stephane The NBA player Mickaël Piétrus was born in Les Abymes. Mickaël Piétrus, also known as "Air France" and "Peaches"(born on February 7 1982 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a Les Abymes is the most populated commune in the French Overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Famed Bodybuilder Serge Nubret also hails from Guadeloupe.

Economy

Carbet Falls

Main article: Economy of Guadeloupe

In 2006 the GDP per capita of Guadeloupe at real exchange rates, not at PPP, was €17,338 (US$21,780). Carbet Falls (Les chutes du Carbet is a series of Waterfalls on the Carbet River in Guadeloupe, an Overseas department of France located The economy of Guadeloupe depends on Agriculture, Tourism, Light industry, and services. The purchasing power parity ( PPP) theory uses the long-term equilibrium Exchange rate of two currencies to equalize their Purchasing power. ^[6]

The economy of Guadeloupe depends on tourism, agriculture, light industry and services. Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Light industry is usually less Capital intensive than Heavy industry, and is more Consumer -oriented than Business -oriented (i But it especially depends on France for large subsidies and imports. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

Tourism is a key industry, with 83. 3% of tourists visiting from metropolitan France, 10. Metropolitan France (France métropolitaine or la Métropole, or colloquially l'Hexagone) is the part of France located in Europe, including 8% coming from the rest of Europe, 3. 4% coming from the United States, 1. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 5% coming from Canada, 0. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page 4% coming from South America and 0. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a 6% coming from the rest of the world. ^[7] An increasingly large number of cruise ships visit the islands.

The traditional sugarcane crop is slowly being replaced by other crops, such as bananas (which now supply about 50% of export earnings), eggplant, guinnep, noni, sapotilla, paroka, pikinga, giraumon squash, yam, gourd, plantain, christophine, monbin, prunecafé, cocoa, jackfruit, pomegranate, and many varieties of flowers. Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae For the fruit see Banana. For other meanings see Banana (disambiguation. The eggplant, aubergine, or brinjal ( Solanum melongena) is a plant of the family Solanaceae (also known as the nightshades The mamoncillo ( Melicoccus bijugatus) also known as the mamón (although the word is considered obscene in some Spanish speaking countries where it translates Morinda citrifolia, commonly known as great morinda, Indian mulberry, beach mulberry, Tahitian noni, cheese fruit This article refers to the Dried fruit shell For the alternative country musical group of a similar name see The Gourds. The plantain is a crop in the genus Musa and is generally used for cooking in contrast to the soft sweet Banana (which is sometimes called the The chayote ( Sechium edule) also known as sayote, tayota, choko, chocho, chow-chow, christophine or Cocoa is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which Chocolate is made See also Mangifera caesia The jackfruit ( Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a species of Tree of the mulberry family ( Moraceae) The pomegranate ( Punica granatum) is a Fruit -bearing Deciduous Shrub or small Tree growing to between five and eight metres tall A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also Other vegetables and root crops are cultivated for local consumption, although Guadeloupe is still dependent on imported food, mainly from France.

Light industry features sugar and rum, solar energy, and many industrial productions. Sugar is a class of edible Crystalline substances mainly Sucrose, Lactose, and Fructose. Rum is a Distilled beverage made from Sugarcane by-products such as Molasses and sugarcane Juice by a process of fermentation Most manufactured goods and fuel are imported. Unemployment is especially high among the youth. Hurricanes periodically devastate the economy.

The country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Guadeloupe is ".gp". A country

Footnotes

See also

• Flag of Guadeloupe
• Communications in Guadeloupe
• Military of Guadeloupe
• Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe
• Transportation in Guadeloupe
• Région Guadeloupe et Saint Martin (Scouting)

External links

• Préfecture de la région Guadeloupe - Official site of the prefecture of Guadeloupe (in French)
• Région Guadeloupe - Official site of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe
• Les Îles de Guadeloupe - Official site of the Guadeloupe Islands Tourism Board
• Office du Tourisme de Marie-Galante - Official site of the Tourist Board of Marie-Galante
• Office Municipal du Tourisme de Terre de Haut, Les Saintes - Official site of the Tourist Board of Les Saintes
• Office du Tourisme du Moule - Official site of the Tourist Board of Le Moule
• Guadeloupe Islands - site of the Guadeloupe Islands Tourism Board
• Bouillante - site of Bouillante Tourism Board
• Guadeloupe - Guadeloupe Islands Tourism Board
• Guadeloupe map & pictures - Tourism Board