Grenada

Grenada Background

One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year.

Grenada Information

• Population: 89,357 (July 2004 est.)
• Nationality: noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian
• Location:: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
• Religions:: Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
• Ethnic Groups:: black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5% , and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
• Land Boundaries:: 0 km
• Area: total: 344 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 344 sq km
• Coast Line: 121 km
• Climate: tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
• Terrain: volcanic in origin with central mountains
• Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Land Use: arable land: 5.88% permanent crops: 29.41% other: 64.71% (2001)
• Environmental Issues: NA
• Natural Resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
• Highways: total: 1,040 km paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.)
• Railways:
• Ports & Harbours: Grenville, Saint George's
• Airports: 3 (2003 est.)