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Guadaloupe

Not to be confused with Guadalupe.

Région Guadeloupe

(Region flag)

(Region logo)

Location

Map of France highlighting the Region of Guadeloupe

Administration

Capital

Basse-Terre

Regional President

Victorin Lurel
(PS) (since 2004)

Guadeloupe

2^[1]

40^[1]

32^[1]

Statistics

Land area¹

1,628 km²^[1]

Population

(Ranked 23rd)

- January 1, 2006 est.

ca. 405,000^[1]

- March 8, 1999 census

386,566^[1]

- Density (2006)

249/km²^[1]

¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers

Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea at 16°15′N, 61°35′W, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi).^[1] It is an overseas department of France. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe is also one of the twenty-six regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic. As part of France, Guadeloupe is part of the European Union; hence its currency is the euro.^[2] Guadeloupe is however not party to the Schengen Agreement. The capital of Guadeloupe is Basse-Terre.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Administrative divisions
5 Major communities
6 Politics
7 Culture
8 Footnotes
9 See also
10 External links

History

Arrondissements of the Guadeloupe department

Cantons of the Guadeloupe department

Communes of the Guadeloupe department

See also: Overseas departments and territories of France and Administrative divisions of France

Major communities

Politics

Flag of Guadeloupe

Communications in Guadeloupe

Military of Guadeloupe

Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe

Transportation in Guadeloupe

Région Guadeloupe et Saint Martin (Scouting)

Martinique

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Guadeloupe

Préfecture de la région Guadeloupe - Official site of the prefecture of Guadeloupe (in French)
Région Guadeloupe - Official site of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe
Les Îles de Guadeloupe - Official site of the Guadeloupe Islands Tourism Board
Office du Tourisme de Marie-Galante - Official site of the Tourist Board of Marie-Galante
Office Municipal du Tourisme de Terre de Haut, Les Saintes - Official site of the Tourist Board of Les Saintes
Office du Tourisme du Moule - Official site of the Tourist Board of Le Moule
Guadeloupe Islands - site of the Guadeloupe Islands Tourism Board
Bouillante - site of Bouillante Tourism Board

v • d • e Overseas departments and territories of France
Overseas departments¹	French Guiana · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Réunion
Overseas collectivities	French Polynesia · Mayotte² · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Wallis and Futuna
Special status	New Caledonia
Uninhabited lands	Clipperton Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Amsterdam Island • Saint Paul Island • Crozet Islands • Kerguelen Islands • Adélie Land Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean: Bassas da India³ • Europa Island³ • Glorioso Islands^2, 3, 4 • Juan de Nova Island³ • Tromelin Island⁵)
¹ Also known as overseas regions • ² claimed by Comoros • ³ claimed by Madagascar • ⁴ claimed by Seychelles • ⁵ claimed by Mauritius

v • d • e Countries and territories of the Caribbean
Sovereign states
Commonwealth Realms	Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Grenada · Jamaica · St. Kitts and Nevis · St. Lucia · St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Commonwealth republics	Dominica · Trinidad and Tobago
Other republics	Cuba · Dominican Republic · Haiti
Dependencies and other territories
United Kingdom	Anguilla · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Montserrat · Turks and Caicos Islands
Netherlands	Aruba · Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire • Curaçao • Saba • Sint Maarten • Sint Eustatius)
France	Guadeloupe · Martinique · St. Barthélemy · St. Martin
United States	Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands

v • d • e

States and dependencies of Middle America

States — Dependencies

Anguilla (UK) · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba (NL) · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · British Virgin Islands (UK) · Cayman Islands (UK) · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Grenada · Guadeloupe (FR) · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Martinique (FR) · Mexico · Montserrat (UK) · Navassa Island (US) · Netherlands Antilles (NL) · Nicaragua · Panama · Puerto Rico (US) · St. Barthélemy (FR) · St. Kitts and Nevis · St. Lucia · St. Martin (FR) · St. Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) · US Virgin Islands (US)

v • d • e Member states and observers of La Francophonie
Members	Albania · Andorra · Belgium (French Community) · Benin · Bulgaria · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon · Canada (New Brunswick · Quebec) · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Cyprus¹ · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Dominica · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia · France (including French Guiana · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Saint Pierre and Miquelon) · Gabon · Ghana¹ · Greece · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Haiti · Laos · Luxembourg · Lebanon · Madagascar · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Moldova · Monaco · Morocco · Niger · Romania · Rwanda · St. Lucia · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Switzerland · Togo · Tunisia · Vanuatu · Vietnam
Observers	Armenia · Austria · Croatia · Czech Republic · Georgia · Hungary · Lithuania · Mozambique · Poland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Ukraine
¹ Associate member.

v • • e

Regions of France

Alsace • Aquitaine • Auvergne • Bourgogne • Bretagne • Centre • Champagne-Ardenne • Corsica • Franche-Comté • Île-de-France • Languedoc-Roussillon • Limousin • Lorraine • Midi-Pyrénées • Nord-Pas de Calais • Basse-Normandie • Haute-Normandie • Pays de la Loire • Picardie • Poitou-Charentes • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur • Rhône-Alpes
Overseas regions: French Guiana • Guadeloupe • Martinique • Réunion

v • d • e Outlying territories of European countries
Territories under European sovereignty but closer to or on continents other than Europe (see inclusion criteria for further information)
Denmark	Greenland
France	Clipperton Island · French Guiana · French Polynesia · French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Amsterdam • Saint-Paul • Crozet • Kerguelen • Adélie Land¹ • Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean: Bassas da India • Europa Island • Glorioso Islands • Juan de Nova Island • Tromelin Island) · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Mayotte · New Caledonia · Réunion · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Wallis and Futuna
Italy	Pantelleria · Pelagie Islands (Lampedusa • Lampione • Linosa)
Netherlands	Aruba · Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire • Curaçao • Saba • Sint Maarten • Sint Eustatius)
Norway	Bouvet Island · Peter I Island¹ · Queen Maud Land¹
Portugal	Azores Islands · Madeira Islands
Russia	Khabomai · Ratmanov Island · Shikotan
Spain	Canary Islands · Ceuta · Isla de Alborán · Isla Perejil · Islas Chafarinas · Melilla · Peñón de Alhucemas · Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
United Kingdom	Anguilla · Ascension Island · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Falkland Islands · Montserrat · Saint Helena · Tristan da Cunha · Turks and Caicos Islands · British Antarctic Territory¹ · British Indian Ocean Territory · Pitcairn Islands · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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Contents

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Administrative divisions
5 Major communities
6 Politics
7 Culture
8 Footnotes
9 See also
10 External links