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Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...

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that comprises the Island of Grenada and the southern

Grenadines The Grenadines is a chain of small islands that lie on a line between the larger islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Nine are inhabited and open to the public (or ten, if the offshore island of Young Island is counted): ...

in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located north of Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, and south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered

Grenada dove The Grenada dove (''Leptotila wellsi'') is a medium-sized New World tropical dove. It is endemic to the island of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Originally known as the pea doveLawrence, G. N. (1884). Characters of a new species of ''Engyptila' ...

. Popularly known as the "Spice Isle" because of an abundance of locally grown spices and a culture of music, dance and food built into the image of "spice of life", Grenada is also a well-known tourist destination. It is one of the smallest independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.

General reference

* Pronunciation: * Common English country name:

* Official English country name:

* Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Grenadian *

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(s): * Etymology:

Name of Grenada A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal ...

* International rankings of Grenada * ISO country codes: GD, GRD, 308 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GD * Internet country code top-level domain:

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Geography of Grenada

Geography of Grenada * Grenada is... ** an island ** a country *** an island country *** a nation state *** a Commonwealth realm * Location: ** Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere ***

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(though not on the mainland) ** Atlantic Ocean ***

North Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and ...

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Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

***** Antilles ****** Lesser Antilles ******* Windward Islands ** Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time ( UTC-04) ** Extreme points of Grenada *** High:

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*** Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: 121 km * Population of Grenada: 106,000 – 185th most populous country * * Area of Grenada: 344 km² *

Atlas of Grenada An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a region of Earth. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geographi ...

Environment of Grenada

* Climate of Grenada * Renewable energy in Grenada *

Geology of Grenada The geology of Grenada is part of the broader Volcanic Caribbees in the Lesser Antilles volcanic island arc. Rocks spanning much of the Cenozoic are exposed in the Grenadines Bank—a northeast-southwest trending shallow bank. Grenadite is common, ...

* Protected areas of Grenada ** Biosphere reserves in Grenada ** National parks of Grenada * Wildlife of Grenada **

Fauna of Grenada Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoo ...

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Birds of Grenada Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight s ...

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Mammals of Grenada Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur o ...

Natural geographic features of Grenada

* Fjords of Grenada * Glaciers of Grenada *

Islands of Grenada Almost all of the Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands are ref ...

Lakes of Grenada A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

* Mountains of Grenada ** Volcanoes in Grenada * Rivers of Grenada ** Waterfalls of Grenada * Valleys of Grenada * World Heritage Sites in Grenada: None

Regions of Grenada

Ecoregions of Grenada

List of ecoregions in Grenada

Administrative divisions of Grenada

None

= Municipalities of Grenada

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Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

of Grenada: St. George's * Cities of Grenada

Demography of Grenada

Demographics of Grenada

Government and politics of Grenada

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: parliamentary

representative democratic Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...

monarchy *

of Grenada: St. George's *

Elections in Grenada Grenada elects a legislature on the national level. The Parliament of Grenada has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 15 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 13 appointed members. Grenada ...

Political parties in Grenada Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

Branches of the government of Grenada

Government of Grenada

Executive branch of the government of Grenada

* Head of state: King of Grenada, represented by the Governor-General of Grenada * Head of government: Prime Minister of Grenada, *

Cabinet of Grenada The Cabinet of Grenada is appointed by the Prime Minister of Grenada. Ministers The current ministers have been serving since 1 July 2022: * Dickon Thomas Mitchell – Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, National Security, Home Affairs and ...

Legislative branch of the government of Grenada

* Parliament of Grenada (

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) ** Upper house: Senate of Grenada **

Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

House of Representatives of Grenada The Parliament of Grenada is composed of the monarch and two chambers: Senate and the House of Representatives. It operates from the New Parliament Building in St. George's. Structure Parliament consists of the King, represented by the Gove ...

Judicial branch of the government of Grenada

Court system of Grenada * Supreme Court of Grenada

Foreign relations of Grenada

Foreign relations of Grenada The United States, Venezuela, Cuba, and the People's Republic of China have embassies in Grenada. Grenada has been recognized by most members of the United Nations and maintains diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom, the United States, Venezu ...

Diplomatic missions in Grenada Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...

* Diplomatic missions of Grenada

International organization membership

Grenada is a member of: * African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) *

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean The OPANAL (which stands for el Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe) is an international organization which promotes a non-aggression pact and nuclear disarmament in much of the Americas. In Eng ...

(OPANAL) *

Caribbean Community and Common Market The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econom ...

(Caricom) * Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) * Commonwealth of Nations * Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) *

Group of 77 The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of 134 developing countries, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 fou ...

(G77) *

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...

(IBRD) * International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) *

International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

(Interpol) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

(IDA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) *

International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; french: link=no, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address ...

(IFAD) * International Labour Organization (ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

(IMO) * International Monetary Fund (IMF) * International Olympic Committee (IOC) *

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, an ...

(ICRM) * International Telecommunication Union (ITU) * International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) *

Nonaligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The movement originated in the aftermath ...

(NAM) * Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) *

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...

(OAS) * Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) * United Nations (UN) * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(UNESCO) * United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) * Universal Postal Union (UPU) * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) * World Health Organization (WHO) * World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) * World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Grenada

Law of Grenada Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

* Cannabis in Grenada * Constitution of Grenada * Crime in Grenada * Human rights in Grenada **

LGBT rights in Grenada Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Grenada may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. The penal code makes same-sex acts on Grenada proper illegal with a punishment up to 10 years in prison, it also ...

** Freedom of religion in Grenada *

Law enforcement in Grenada The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) is responsible for law enforcement in Grenada. The RGPF enforces criminal, immigration, and maritime laws. It is also held responsible for seaport security and fire services. With 14 police stations and o ...

Military of Grenada

Military of Grenada * Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of Grenada * Forces ** Army of Grenada ** Navy of Grenada ** Air Force of Grenada ** Special forces of Grenada * Military history of Grenada * Military ranks of Grenada

Local government in Grenada

History of Grenada

History of Grenada * Timeline of the history of Grenada * Current events of Grenada * Military history of Grenada

Culture of Grenada

Culture of Grenada Grenada's French colonists brought their culture, as did the African slaves they brought across the Atlantic for agricultural work. Indians have also influenced the island culture in more recent years. With the passing of the Slave Trade Act 1 ...

* Architecture of Grenada * Cuisine of Grenada * Festivals in Grenada *

Languages of Grenada This article is a demography of the population of Grenada including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population According to ...

* Media in Grenada ** List of newspapers in Grenada * National symbols of Grenada ** Coat of arms of Grenada **

Flag of Grenada The flag of Grenada consists of two yellow triangles at the top and bottom and two green triangles at the hoist and fly. These are surrounded by a red border charged with six five-pointed yellow stars – three at the top centre and three at ...

** National anthem of Grenada * People of Grenada *

Public holidays in Grenada This is a list of holidays in Grenada. * January 1: New Year's Day * February 7: Independence Day, from the United Kingdom in 1974. * (variable): Good Friday * (variable) Easter Monday * May 1: Labour Day * (variable): Whit Monday * (variable): Fe ...

* Records of Grenada * Religion in Grenada ** Christianity in Grenada ** Hinduism in Grenada ** Islam in Grenada ** Judaism in Grenada ** Sikhism in Grenada * World Heritage Sites in Grenada: None

Art in Grenada

* Art in Grenada * Cinema of Grenada * Literature of Grenada *

Music of Grenada The music of Grenada has included the work of several major musicians, including Eddie Bullen, David Emmanuel, one of the best-selling reggae performers ever, and Mighty Sparrow, a calypsonian. The island is also known for jazz, most notably inc ...

* Television in Grenada * Theatre in Grenada

Sports in Grenada

Sports in Grenada *

Football in Grenada The sport of association football in the country of Grenada is run by the Grenada Football Association The Grenada Football Association (GFA) is the governing body of football in Grenada. It oversees the Grenada national football team. In club fo ...

Grenada at the Olympics Grenada first competed at the Olympic Games in 1984, and has participated in each Summer Olympic Games since then. Grenada won its first medal in 2012, a gold in athletics. The Grenada Olympic Committee was formed in 1984 and recognized in the ...

Economy and infrastructure of Grenada

Economy of Grenada The economy of Grenada is a largely tourism-based, small and open economy. Over the past two decades, the main thrust of Grenada's economy has shifted from agriculture to services, with tourism serving as the leading foreign currency earning s ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 174th (one hundred and seventy fourth) * Agriculture in Grenada * Banking in Grenada ** National Bank of Grenada * Communications in Grenada ** Internet in Grenada * Companies of Grenada * Currency of Grenada: Dollar **

ISO 4217 ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual cu ...

: XCD * Energy in Grenada ** Energy policy of Grenada ** Oil industry in Grenada *

Mining in Grenada Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...

Tourism in Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pet ...

** Visa policy of Grenada * Transport in Grenada * Grenada Stock Exchange

Education in Grenada

Infrastructure of Grenada

* Health care in Grenada * Transportation in Grenada **

Airports in Grenada This is a list of airports in Grenada. Grenada is an island country and sovereign state in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. It consists of the island of Grenada and smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines, including Carriacou, Peti ...

** Rail transport in Grenada ** Roads in Grenada

References

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