Grenada Country Info - North America

Description and Basic Information

Grenada with its capital St. George's is located in North America (Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 345 square kilometres (twice the size of Washington, DC) with 90,000 citizens. English is the language spoken by the majority in Grenada.

Grenada is a group of three larger islands (Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique) and several tiny islands in the Caribbean, or West Indies. It lies just northeast of Trinidad and Tobago, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is famous for spices and is known as the Spice Isle, being a major source of nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, and cocoa.

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About Grenada

The terrain offers volcanic in origin with central mountains. The average density of population is about 261 per km². The climate in Grenada can be described as tropical with tempered by northeast trade winds. Possible natural disasters include lies on edge of hurricane belt or hurricane season lasts from June to November.

To reach someone in Grenada dial +1-473 prior to a number. There are 28,600 installed telephones. And there are 64,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gd". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 7 regions/states in Grenada we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Grenadian population grew at a rate of 0.56% (or by 607 citizens). With 852 deaths and 1,854 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.93%. -396 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Grenada: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.