Saint Martin Country Info - North America

Description and Basic Information

Saint Martin with its capital Marigot is located in North America (Caribbean, located in the Leeward Islands (northern) group; French part of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean Sea; Saint Martin lies east of the US Virgin Islands). It covers some 54 square kilometres (more than one-third the size of Washington, DC) with 33,100 citizens. French is the language used by the people in Saint Martin.

Saint Martin is an island split between the French collectivity of Saint-Martin and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten (formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, but now a constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). It is one of the smallest land masses divided between two countries. Beaches are a main attraction on the island of Saint Martin. It has 37 beaches total, with hotels holding property on most of them. Beach Bars and Cafés are very popular attractions on the island. Many offer unusually good dishes with European and Caribbean inspiration. Frozen cocktails are also a trendy treat to keep down the heat.

About Saint Martin

The average density of population is about 624 per km². The climate in Saint Martin can be described as temperature averages 80-85 degrees all year long with low humidity, gentle trade winds, brief, intense rain showers, July-November being the hurricane season. Potential threats by nature are subject to hurricanes from July to November.

To reach someone in Saint Martin dial +590 prior to a number. There are 0 installed telephones. And there are 0 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gp". The following list are the 1 regions/states in Saint Martin we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total population grew at a rate of 1.32% (or by 398 citizens). With 116 deaths and 508 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.3%. 6 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Saint Martin: 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.