61°35′W / 16.250°N 61.583°W / 16.250; -61.583
Guadeloupe (French pronunciation: [ɡwadlup]; Guadeloupean Creole: Gwadloup) is a Caribbean island locatit in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, wi a land aurie o 1,628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi) an a population of 400,000. It is an owerseas region o Fraunce, consistin o a single owerseas depairtment. Its depairtmental code is "971". As the ither owerseas depairtments, Guadeloupe is an integral pairt o the Republic an aw. Besides Guadeloupe island, the smawer islands o Marie-Galante, La Désirade, an the Îles des Saintes are includit in Guadeloupe.
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Owerseas region an depairtment o Fraunce | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Prefectur | Basse-Terre |
Departments | 1 |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Jacques Gillot |
Area | |
• Total | 1628 km2 (629 sq mi) |
Population (1 Januar 2008) | |
• Total | 405,500 |
• Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-04 (ECT) |
ISO 3166 code | GP |
GDP (2006)[citation needit] | Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}} |
Tot | €7.75 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn) |
NUTS Region | FR9 |
Website | www |
As pairt o Fraunce, Guadeloupe is pairt o the European Union an the Eurozone; hence, as for aw Eurozone kintras, its currency is the Euro. Housomeivver, Guadeloupe is no pairt o the Schengen Aurie. The prefectur an the caipital o Guadeloupe is Basse-Terre. Christopher Columbus namit the island Santa María de Guadalupe in 1493 efter the Virgin Mary, veneratit in the Spaingie toun o Guadalupe, in Extremadura.
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