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Grenada
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Sir Daniel Williams (1996)
Prime Minister: Keith C. Mitchell (1995)
Land area: 131 sq mi (339 sq km)
Population (2006 est.): 89,703 (growth rate 0.3%); birth rate: 22.1/1000; infant
mortality rate: 14.3/1000; life expectancy: 64.9; density per sq mi: 685
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): St. George's, 4,300
Monetary unit: East Caribbean dollar
Languages: English (official), French patois
Ethnicity/race: black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East
Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Religions: Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 14%, other Protestant 33%
Literacy rate: 90% (1970 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2002 est.): $440 million; per capita $5,000. Real
growth rate: 2.5%. Inflation: 2.8% (2001 est.). Unemployment: 12.5% (2000).
Arable land: 6%. Agriculture: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados,
root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables. Labor force: 42,300 (1996); services
62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.). Industries: food and beverages,
textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction. Natural resources:
timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors. Exports: $40 million (2004 est.):
bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace. Imports: $276
million (2004 est.): food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel. Major
trading partners: Saint Lucia, U.S., Antigua and Barbuda, Netherlands, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Germany, France, Trinidad and Tobago, UK (2004).
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 33,500 (2002); mobile cellular:
7,600 (2002). Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998).
Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997). Internet hosts: 18 (2003). Internet
users: 15,000 (2002).
Transportation: Railways: 0 km. Highways: total: 1,040 km; paved: 638 km;
unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.). Ports and harbors: Saint George's. Airports: 3
(2004 est.).
International disputes: none.
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