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Grenada Gwenad Template-specific style sheet: | |
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Capital and largest city | St. George's Template-specific style sheet: |
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Demonym(s) | Grenadian[4] |
Government | Unitary two-party parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Cécile La Grenade | |
Keith Mitchell | |
Legislature | Parliament |
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Formation | |
3 March 1967 | |
• Independence from the United Kingdom | 7 February 1974 |
13 March 1979 | |
• Constitution Restoration | 4 December 1984 |
Area | |
• Total | 348.5 km2 (134.6 sq mi) (184th) |
• Water (%) | 1.6 |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 107,317[5] (194th) |
• Density | 318.58/km2 (825.1/sq mi) (45th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $1.801 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $16,604[6] |
GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $1.249 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $11,518[6] |
HDI (2019) | ![]() high · 74th |
Currency | East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +1-473 |
ISO 3166 code | GD |
Internet TLD | .gd |
Grenada (i/ɡrəˈneɪdə/ grə-NAY-də; Grenadian Creole French: Gwenad) is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea that received its independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. Its capital is St. George's.
The island was invaded by the American military in 1983 because of Cuba's presence there. In 2004, a hurricane named Ivan destroyed most of the island's resources.
Grenada is called the Spice Island on account of its most famous export, the nutmeg.
Related pages
- Grenada at the Olympics
- Grenada national football team
- List of Grenadian people
- List of rivers of Grenada
References
- ↑ "Government of Grenada Website". http://www.gov.gd.
- ↑ "Grenada". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gj.html.
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gj.html
- ↑ "About Grenada, Carriacou & Petite Martinique | GOV.gd". http://www.gov.gd/about_grenada.html.
- ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision" (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Grenada". International Monetary Fund. 2018. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2017&ey=2020&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=77&pr1.y=4&c=328&s=NGDP_RPCH%2CNGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=.
- ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene. United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343-346. . http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2020.pdf. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
Other websites
- Official Government Website
- Official Website of the Tourism Board Archived 2005-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
- General Tourism Website
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