Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole (Antillean French Creole, Kreyol, Kwéyòl, Patois) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles. Its grammar and vocabulary include elements of Carib, English, and African languages.
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, Tibou, ) is the seventh-largest
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre (, ; ; gcf, label=Guadeloupean Creole, Bastè, ) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the ''prefecture'' (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located o ...
, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest metropolitan area in Guadeloupe.
It has many tourist attractions: the Cascade aux Ecrevisse (waterfall), the National Park of Guadeloupe, the Saut de la Lézarde (waterfall), as well as the Kassaverie (cassava/manioc factory) located downtown.
Geography
Climate
Petit-Bourg has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Af''). The average annual temperature in Petit-Bourg is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Petit-Bourg was on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 13 April 2001.
Population
Education
Public preschools include:LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT " . Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
* Ecole maternelle Carrère
* Ecole maternelle Albertine Mignard
* Ecole maternelle Pointe à Bacchus
Public primary include:
* Ecole primaire Maurice Chovino
* Ecole primaire Fribert Fessin
* Ecole primaire Robert Freti
* Ecole primaire Marie Bilioti de Gage
* Ecole primaire Hyacinththe Geriac
* Ecole primaire M-thérèse Lamothe
* Ecole primaire La Lézarde
* Ecole maternelle Mayeko Massina
* Ecole primaire Montébello
Public junior high schools include:Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018 " . Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
* Collège Félix Eboue
Public senior high schools include:
* LGT Droits de l'Homme
See also
*
Communes of the Guadeloupe department
The following is a list of the 32 communes of the Guadeloupe overseas department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):