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Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

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.gp .gp is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Guadeloupe. Pricing differs for Guadeloupians compared to other Internet users. Registrations can be made directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath .com.gp, .net.gp, .edu.gp, ...

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1899 Hurricane San Ciriaco The 1899 San Ciríaco hurricane, also known as the 1899 Puerto Rico Hurricane or The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1899, was the longest-lived Atlantic hurricane on record, and the second-longest-lived tropical cyclone globally on record (in terms ...

1928 Okeechobee hurricane The Okeechobee hurricane of 1928, also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane, was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the recorded history of the North Atlantic basin, and the fourth deadliest hurricane in the United States, only behind the ...

2009 French Caribbean general strikes The 2009 French Caribbean general strikes began in the French overseas region of Guadeloupe on 20 January 2009, and spread to neighbouring Martinique on 5 February 2009. Both islands are located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. The gener ...

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Airports in Guadeloupe This is a list of airports in Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean. It is an overseas department of France comprising five main islands: Basse-Terre Island, Grande-Terre, La Désirade, Les Saintes and Marie-Gal ...

Amphicyclotulus perplexus ''Amphicyclotulus perplexus'' is a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae. This land snail species is vulnerable to the possibility of extinction. Distribution ...

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

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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 ...

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Mer des Caraïbes The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

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Petites Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...

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Islands of Guadeloupe 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 ...

Anse-Bertrand Anse-Bertrand is a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipali ...

Antillean fruit-eating bat The Antillean fruit-eating bat (''Brachyphylla cavernarum'') is one of two leaf-nosed bat species belonging to the genus ''Brachyphylla''. The species occurs in the Caribbean from Puerto Rico to St. Vincent and Barbados. Fossil specimens have als ...

* Antillean nighthawk *

Arrondissement of Basse-Terre The arrondissement of Basse-Terre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupe department in the Guadeloupe region. It has 18 communes. Its population is 189,210 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of ...

Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre The arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupe department in the Guadeloupe region. It has 14 communes. Its population is 204,900 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of ...

Arrondissements of the Guadeloupe department The 2 arrondissements of the Guadeloupe department are: # Arrondissement of Basse-Terre, ( prefecture of the Guadeloupe department: Basse-Terre) with 18 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 189,210 in 2016. # Arrondissement of Poin ...

* Atlas of Guadeloupe * Avicennia germinans

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Baie-Mahault Baie-Mahault is a commune in the overseas department and region of Guadeloupe, France. It is the second most populated commune of Guadeloupe, after Les Abymes. The extensive industrial zone of Jarry in Baie-Mahault is by far the most industrializ ...

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Balakadri Balakadri (called balkadri or kadri) is a traditional quadrille music that was performed for balls on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. History Guadeloupean balakadri persisted into the 20th century and, despite disruption after World War II, m ...

* Barbados–France relations *'' Basse-Terre'' on '' Île de Basse-Terre'' – Capital of Guadeloupe * Basse-Terre 1st Canton * Basse-Terre 2nd Canton * Basse-Terre Cathedral * Basse-Terre Island *

Biguine Biguine ( , ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, bigin) is a rhythm-centric style of music that originated from Saint Pierre, Martinique in the 19th century. It fuses Bèlè and 19th-century French ballroom dance steps with African rhythms. History ...

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Boisripeau Boisripeau is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Les Abymes, on the island of Grande-Terre Grande-Terre Island (french: île de Grande-Terre / île de la Grande-Terre; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwantè) is the name of the easter ...

Boisvin Boisvin is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of Fonds d'Or, and to the south of Guillocheau and Laureal Laureal is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le ...

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Canton of Anse-Bertrand The Canton of Anse-Bertrand is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe. It had 10,691 inhabitants (2012).

Canton of Baie-Mahault The Canton of Baie-Mahault is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Basse-Terre on the island of Guadeloupe. It had 29,976 inhabitants (2012).

* Canton of Bouillante *

Canton of Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante The Canton of Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre in the department of Guadeloupe. It had 3,330 inhabitants (2012).Canton of Gourbeyre * Canton of Goyave * Canton of Grand-Bourg *

Canton of La Désirade The Canton of La Désirade is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre in the department of Guadeloupe. It had 1,532 inhabitants (2012).

Canton of Lamentin The Canton of Lamentin is a canton in the Arrondissement of Basse-Terre on the island of Guadeloupe. Its population was 16,573 in 2017.

Canton of Les Saintes The Canton of Les Saintes is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Basse-Terre in the department of Guadeloupe. It had 2,882 inhabitants (2012).

Canton of Petit-Bourg The Canton of Petit-Bourg is a canton in the Arrondissement of Basse-Terre on the island of Guadeloupe. Municipalities Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the communes of the canton are: * Goyave * Peti ...

Canton of Petit-Canal The Canton of Petit-Canal is a canton in the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe. Municipalities Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the communes of the canton are: * Anse-Bertra ...

* Canton of Pointe-Noire * Canton of Saint-Claude * Canton of Saint-François * Canton of Saint-Louis *

Canton of Trois-Rivières The canton of Trois-Rivières is an administrative division in the department of Guadeloupe. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Trois-Rivières. Composition It cons ...

Canton of Vieux-Habitants The Canton of Vieux-Habitants ( French for ''Old Inhabitants'') is a canton in the Arrondissement of Basse-Terre on the island of Guadeloupe. Municipalities Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the commun ...

Cantons of the Guadeloupe department The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Guadeloupe department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March of 2015: * Les Abymes-1 * Les Abymes-2 * Les Abymes-3 * Baie-Mahault-1 * Baie-Mahaul ...

* Capesterre-Belle-Eau 1st Canton * Capesterre-Belle-Eau 2nd Canton * Capesterre-Belle-Eau * Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante * Capital of Guadeloupe: '' Basse-Terre'' on '' Île de Basse-Terre'' *

Carbet Falls Carbet Falls (french: Les chutes du Carbet) is a series of waterfalls on the Carbet River in Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France located in the Leeward Islands of the eastern Caribbean region. Its three cascades are set amid the tropical ...

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Cedrela odorata ''Cedrela odorata'' is a commercially important species of tree in the chinaberry family, Meliaceae, commonly known as Spanish cedar or Cuban cedar; it is also known as cedro in Spanish. Classification The genus ''Cedrela'' has undergone two m ...

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Chazeau :''To be distinguished from Chazeau, Loire a commune in France merged with Firminy in 1959.'' Chazeau is a settlement in Guadeloupe, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of Quatre Chemins and Boisripeau Boisripeau is a sett ...

* Coat of arms of Guadeloupe * Coat of arms of Guadeloupe *

Colonial and Departmental Heads of Guadeloupe (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) Note: currently, the prefect is not the true departmental head, which is the President of the General Council. The prefect is merely the representative of the national government. ...

* Communes of the Guadeloupe department *

Communications in Guadeloupe As an overseas department and region of France, Guadeloupe has a developed telecommunication system. Internet In 2019, there were 170,000 active high speed internet broadband subscriptions in Guadeloupe. 3 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ser ...

Conchou Conchou is a settlement in Guadeloupe, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of Le Moule; Guillocheau, Laureal, Guenette Guenette is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. ...

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Confédération générale du travail de Guadeloupe ''Confédération générale du travail de Guadeloupe'' ('General Confederation of Labour of Guadeloupe') is a trade union centre in Guadeloupe. CGTG was founded in 1962, as the Guadeloupean federation of the French ''Confédération générale ...

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Daniel Marsin Daniel Marsin (born November 13, 1951 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the island of Guadeloupe. He is locally a member of ''Guadeloupe unie, socialisme et réalités'', and at the national level o ...

Demographics of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe has a population of 375,693 (2021). Population According to INSEE Guadeloupe had an estimated population of 403,977 on January 1, 2012. Life expectancy at birth is 77.0 years for males, and 83.5 for females (figures for 2011). Language ...

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Doc Gynéco Bruno Beausir (; born May 10, 1974), known by his stage name Doc Gynéco (), is a French hip hop musician. His music is typically characterized as a ragga/rap style, that has found its fan base in France. Early life, family and education Born i ...

Dominica Passage Dominica Passage is a strait in the Caribbean. It separates the islands of Dominica, from Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe. It is a pathway from the Caribbean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean.Ana G. López MartíInternational Straits: Concept, Classification ...

Dominique Vian Dominique Vian (born 25 December 1944 in Valence, Drôme " Vian, Dominique, Marie, André, Ferdinand" (prefect, born 1944), pages 2190-2191 in ''Who's Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et � ...

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Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline Company Limited The Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline from Tobago to other eastern Caribbean islands. History The idea had its genesis with Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, who announced in 2002 that his cou ...

Economy of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the tw ...

* Elections in Guadeloupe * Extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe

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Félix Éboué Adolphe Sylvestre Félix Éboué (; 26 December 1884 – 17 May 1944) was a French Guiana, French French colonial empires, colonial administrator and Free French Forces, Free French leader. He was the first black French man appointed to a hig ...

Flag of France The national flag of France (french: link=no, drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue ( hoist side), white, and red. It is known to English speakers as the ''Tricolour'' (), although the flag of Irelan ...

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Fonds d'Or Fonds d'Or is a settlement in Guadeloupe, on the island of Grande-Terre. To its north are Guillocheau and Laureal, and Boisvin Boisvin is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to t ...

Fort Napoléon des Saintes Fort Napoléon (in French: ''Fort Napoléon des Saintes'') is a fortification, located on Terre-de-Haut Island, in the Îles des Saintes, Guadeloupe. Property of the Departmental Council of Guadeloupe, it has been classified as a historical mon ...

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French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

French Republic France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

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French West Indies The French West Indies or French Antilles (french: Antilles françaises, ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Antiy fwansez) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean: * The two overseas departments of: ** Guadeloupe, ...

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Gardel, Guadeloupe Gardel is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. Boisvin is to its west, and Zevallos is to its east; to the north are Guillocheau, Laureal, Portland and Guenette Guenette is a settlement in ...

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Gourbeyre Gourbeyre is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is a suburb of the city of Basse-Terre. The commune of Gourbeyre was in the past a pivotal point in the defense of Guadeloupe's Bas ...

Goyave Goyave (, unlike ''goyave'' ; gcf, label= Guadeloupean Creole, Gwayav, italic=no) is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles. It is part of the urban area of Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest metropol ...

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Grande-Terre Grande-Terre Island (french: île de Grande-Terre / île de la Grande-Terre; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwantè) is the name of the eastern-half of Guadeloupe proper, in the Lesser Antilles. It is separated from the other half of Guadeloupe ...

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Région Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the tw ...

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Guadeloupe franc The franc was the currency of Guadeloupe until 2002. It was subdivided into 100 ''centimes''. History The franc was introduced following France's recovery of the Islands from the U.K. in 1816. It replaced the livre. The French franc circulated, ...

* Guadeloupe livre * Guadeloupe national football team *

Guadeloupe National Park Guadeloupe National Park (french: Parc national de la Guadeloupe) is a national park in Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France located in the Leeward Islands of the eastern Caribbean region. The Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin Nature Reserv ...

* Guadeloupe Passage *

Guadeloupe raccoon The Guadeloupe raccoon (''Procyon lotor minor'') is a common raccoon subspecies endemic to the two main islands (Basse-Terre Island and Grande-Terre) of Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles. Classification Though thought in the past to be a di ...

Guadeloupe woodpecker The Guadeloupe woodpecker (''Melanerpes herminieri'') or Tapeur is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae belonging to the genus ''Melanerpes.'' Endemic to the Guadeloupe archipelago in the Lesser Antilles, it is a medium-sized fores ...

* Guadeloupean, citizen of Guadeloupe *

Guenette Guenette is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of Guillocheau and Laureal, and to the south of Conchou; Dubedou and Zevallos Zevallos is a settlement in Guadeloupe ...

Guillocheau Guillocheau is a settlement in Guadeloupe, on the island of Grande-Terre. To its north are Lemercier, Le Moule and Conchou; Fonds d'Or and Boisvin Boisvin is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule Le Moule ( gcf, label=Ant ...

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Hinduism in Guadeloupe Hinduism is a minority religion in Guadeloupe, followed by some Indo-Guadeloupeans. According to a statistics data, Hinduism is practised by 0.5% of the people in Guadeloupe. Temples There are a sizeable number of Hindu Tamil temples that are lo ...

History of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Ba ...

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Hurricane Betsy (1956) Hurricane Betsy, known as Hurricane Santa Clara in Puerto Rico, was the first North Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in Puerto Rico in 24 years. The third tropical cyclone of the 1956 Atlantic hurricane season, Betsy developed from a tro ...

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Hurricane Hortense Hurricane Hortense was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico since Hurricane Hugo in 1989, and the second most intense hurricane during the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. The eighth tropical cyclone, eighth na ...

Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo was a powerful Cape Verde tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread damage across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989. Across its track, Hugo affected approximately 2 million peop ...

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Hurricane Luis Hurricane Luis was a long lived and powerful Category 4 hurricane. It was the strongest hurricane to make landfall and the third-most intense hurricane recorded during the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm, along with Humberto, Iris, an ...

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Terre-de-Haut Terre-de-Haut (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Tèdého) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, including Terre-de-Haut Island and a few other small uninhabited islands of the archipelago (''les Roches Percées''; ''Îlet à ...

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Terre-de-Bas Terre-de-Bas (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Tèdéba) is a commune in the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. Terre-de-Bas is made up of Terre-de-Bas Island and several uninhabited islands and islets in ...

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Jabrun-du-Sud Jabrun-du-Sud is a settlement in Guadeloupe, on the island of Grande-Terre. Quatre Chemins and Boisripeau are to its west, and Jabrun Jabrun () is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, département of Cantal and Auvergn ...

Jean-Marc Mormeck Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck (born 3 June 1972) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2014. He is a two-time unified world cruiserweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC and ''The Ring'' world titles twice between 20 ...

Jean-Paul Proust Jean-Paul Proust (3 March 1940 – 8 April 2010) was a French and Monegasque civil servant. He served as the Minister of State of Monaco. Early life Jean-Paul Proust was born on 3 March 1940 in Vaas, Sarthe, France. He graduated from the ...

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La Berthaudiere La Berthaudiere is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand, on the island of Grande-Terre. Anse-Bertrand and Mahaudiere Mahaudiere is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule Le Moule ( gcf, label=Antil ...

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La Goguette La Goguette is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Port-Louis, on the island of Grande-Terre. To its north are Anse-Bertrand and Mahaudiere Mahaudiere is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule Le Moule ( gcf, labe ...

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La Rosette La Rosette is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre.Footprint, Caribbean Islands'. Footprint Handbooks; 2002. p. 654. It is located to the west of Lemercier and to the south of Palais-Sainte-Margueri ...

Lamentin Lamentin ( Guadeloupean Creole: ) is a commune in the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. It is part of the agglomeration of Pointe-à-Pitre, in the north part of Basse-Terre. Three islets are included in the commune: Christop ...

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Laureal Laureal is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the south of Lemercier, Le Moule, and Conchou, and to the north of Fonds d'Or, Boisvin Boisvin is a settlement in Guadeloup ...

Le Gosier 1st Canton Le Gosier 1st Canton is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe. It had 8,011 inhabitants (2012).Le Gosier 2nd Canton *

Le Gosier Le Gosier is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is located on the south side of the island of Grande-Terre and part of the urban unit of Pointe-à-Pitre-Les Abymes, the largest conurba ...

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Lemercier, Guadeloupe Lemercier is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of La Rosette and Palais-Sainte-Marguerite Palais-Sainte-Marguerite is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le ...

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Les Abymes 4th Canton Les Abymes 4th Canton is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe. It had 14,692 inhabitants (2012).Les Abymes 5th Canton Les Abymes 5th Canton is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe, which had 8,905 inhabitants in 2012.

Les Abymes Les Abymes () is the most populous commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is located on the west side of the island of Grande-Terre, and is part of the largest metropolitan area of Guadel ...

Les Aiglons Les Aiglons was a 1970s Guadeloupean cadence band. Their single "Cuisse-la" was the greatest selling record of any Antillean band until Kassav's ''Zouk la sé sèl médikaman nou ni'' in 1985. History Les Aiglons was a classic Guadeloupean band o ...

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Lewoz Lewoz are the traditional rural musical performances in Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. ...

* Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football *

Lilian Thuram Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien (; born 1 January 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He began playing football professionally in his homeland with Monaco and played in the top flight in France, Italy and Spai ...

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List of airports in Guadeloupe This is a list of airports in Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean. It is an overseas department of France comprising five main islands: Basse-Terre Island, Grande-Terre, La Désirade, Les Saintes and Marie-Ga ...

** List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe ** List of Guadeloupan films ** List of Guadeloupe-related topics **

List of islands of Guadeloupe 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 ...

** List of mammals in Guadeloupe ** List of political parties in Guadeloupe ** List of rivers of Guadeloupe ** List of volcanoes in Guadeloupe *

Louis Delgrès Louis Delgrès (2 August 1766 – 28 May 1802) was a leader of the movement in Guadeloupe resisting reoccupation and thus the reinstitution of slavery by Napoleonic France in 1802. Biography Delgrès was mulatto, born free in Saint-Pierre, M ...

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Mahaudiere Mahaudiere is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the north of La Goguette and to the west of Pressec and La Berthaudiere La Berthaudiere is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the ...

Majestik Zouk ''Majestik Zouk'' is an album by the French Caribbean music group Kassav'. It was released in 1989 by Columbia Records in the United States, and internationally by CBS Records International. Critical reception ''The New York Times'' wrote that "t ...

Malignon Malignon is a settlement in Guadeloupe, on the island of Grande-Terre. Quatre Chemins and Boisripeau are to the west; Jabrun Jabrun () is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, département of Cantal and Auvergne (region ...

Mammals of Guadeloupe 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 or ...

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Massioux Massioux is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand on the island of Grande-Terre. It is to the east of Pressec Pressec is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand, on the island of Grande-Terre. Mahau ...

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Morne-à-l'Eau Morne-à-l'Eau (''Monalô'' in creole) is a commune located in the department of Guadeloupe. Events In March or April each year since 1993, the town organises a crab festival which features crab races and many stalls selling crab-based dishes. ...

Morne-à-l'Eau 1st Canton Morne-à-l'Eau 1st Canton is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe. It had 9,870 inhabitants (2012).

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Music of Guadeloupe The music of Guadeloupe encompasses a large popular music industry, which gained in international renown after the success of Zouk (musical movement), zouk music in the later 20th century. Zouk's popularity was particularly intense in France, where ...

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Palais-Sainte-Marguerite Palais-Sainte-Marguerite is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of Sainte-Marguerite and to the west of Lemercier and Le Moule Le Moule ( gcf, label=Antillean Creol ...

Papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus ''Carica'' of the family Caricaceae. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and ...

Passiflora foetida ''Passiflora foetida'' (common names: stinking passionflower, wild maracuja, bush passion fruit, wild water lemon, stoneflower, love-in-a-mist, or running pop) is a species of passion flower that is native to the southwestern United States (south ...

Passport A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that contains a person's identity. A person with a passport can travel to and from foreign countries more easily and access consular assistance. A passport certifies the personal ...

Petit-Bourg Petit-Bourg ( gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Tibou, ) is the seventh-largest commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located on the east side of the island of Basse-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à-P ...

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Petite Terre Islands :''Petite Terre is also the name of Pamanzi island, Mayotte.'' Petite Terre Islands (french: Îles de la Petite Terre, literally "Islands of the Small Land") are two small uninhabited islands located about to the south-east of the island of ...

Pointe de la Grande Vigie The Pointe de la Grande Vigie is the northernmost point of the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe and, as such, is also the northernmost point of Guadeloupe as a whole. Located about northeast of Anse-Bertrand (the commune it is administrat ...

Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre (; gcf, label=Guadeloupean Creole, Pwentapit, , or simply , ) is the second largest (most populous) city of Guadeloupe after Les Abymes. Guadeloupe is an overseas region and Overseas department, department of France located in the ...

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Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (french: link=no, Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet or ''Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes'' "Caribbean Hub") is an international airport serving Pointe-à-Pitr ...

Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe Pointe-Noire is a commune on Guadeloupe, a French overseas department in the Caribbean. It is located on the northwest coast of the island of Basse-Terre. Education Public preschools include:Political parties in Guadeloupe *

Politics of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Ba ...

Portland, Guadeloupe Portland is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of Guillocheau and Laureal, and to the west of Dubedou and Zevallos; Conchou Conchou is a settlement in Guadeloupe, on ...

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Pressec Pressec is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand, on the island of Grande-Terre. Mahaudiere is to the west, La Berthaudiere La Berthaudiere is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand, on the island ...

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Quatre Chemins Quatre Chemins is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Les Abymes, on the island of Grande-Terre Grande-Terre Island (french: île de Grande-Terre / île de la Grande-Terre; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwantè) is the name of the e ...

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Renard, Guadeloupe Renard is a settlement in Guadeloupe, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the west of Dubedou and Zevallos, and to the east of Boisvin; Guenette and Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in t ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre ( la, Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis; ), more simply known as the Diocese of Basse-Terre, is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. ...

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Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe Saint-Claude is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It lies in the interior of southern Basse-Terre Island, just northeast of the capital city of Basse-Terre. Population Education Public preschools and primary schools i ...

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Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe Sainte-Anne is a city in the southern part of Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe in the French West Indies It is one of the most popular tourist destinations of the island, along with Le Gosier and Saint-François). The commune has developed its touri ...

Sainte-Marguerite, Guadeloupe Sainte-Marguerite is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the west of Palais-Sainte-Marguerite Palais-Sainte-Marguerite is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule ...

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Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe Sainte-Rose is a commune in the department of Guadeloupe. It is the second largest commune of Guadeloupe, in terms of area, after Petit-Bourg. Sainte-Rose lies on the coast of the island of Basse-Terre. Population Education Public preschools ...

Saint-François, Guadeloupe Saint-François ( gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Senfwanswa) is a town and commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, located in the southeast point of the main island of Grande-Terre. Settlements include Chassaing, and Dubedou. The ...

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Swietenia macrophylla ''Swietenia macrophylla'', commonly known as mahogany, Honduran mahogany, Honduras mahogany, or big-leaf mahogany is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber (Swietenia), the othe ...

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Terre-de-Bas Island Terre-de-Bas Island (officially in French: Terre-de-Bas des Saintes ''(literally: Lowland of les Saintes)'') is an island in the Îles des Saintes archipelago, in the Lesser Antilles. It belongs to the communes of France, commune (municipality) of ...

Terre-de-Haut Island Terre-de-Haut Island (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Tèdého; also formerly known as ''Petite Martinique'') is the easternmost island in the Îles des Saintes , part of the archipelago of Guadeloupe. Like name of neighboring Terre-de-Bas, nam ...

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Transport in Guadeloupe As an archipelago, Guadeloupe depends on several systems of public transport. The two islands that make up Guadeloupe proper - Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre - have an extensive road network, while water and air transportation connects to the oute ...

Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe Trois-Rivières (, literally ''Three River''; gcf, label= Guadeloupean Creole, Twarivyè) is a commune in the overseas department of Guadeloupe, and the chef-lieu of the Canton of Trois-Rivières. It is on the south coast of the island of Basse ...

Tropical Storm Dorothy (1970) Tropical Storm Dorothy was the deadliest tropical cyclone of the 1970 Atlantic hurricane season. The fourth named storm and fifth tropical storm or hurricane of the season, Dorothy developed on August 17 from a tropical wave to the east of t ...

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Utricularia alpina ''Utricularia alpina'' is a medium-sized terrestrial or epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus '' Utricularia''. ''U. alpina'' is native to the Antilles and northern South America, where it is found in Brazil, Colom ...

Utricularia jamesoniana ''Utricularia jamesoniana'' is a small perennial epiphyte carnivorous plant in the family Lentibulariaceae. It is native to Central America, the Antilles, and northern and western South America. Specifically, it can be found in Bolivia, Brazil ...

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Victor Collot Victor Collot, in full Georges Henri Victor Collot (21 March 1750 – 15 May 1805), was a French military officer who served in the New World in various capacities, among them as Governor of Guadeloupe. He is best known for his ex ...

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Vieux-Fort, Guadeloupe Vieux-Fort (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Vyéfò) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located on Basse-Terre Island. Education Public primary schools:Vieux-Habitants Vieux-Habitants (French for ''Old Inhabitants'') is a commune on Guadeloupe, a French overseas department in the Caribbean. It is located on the southwest coast of the island of Basse-Terre. History This is the oldest parish, founded in 1636, whe ...

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Volcanoes of Guadeloupe A volcano is a rupture in the Crust (geology), crust of a Planet#Planetary-mass objects, planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and volcanic gas, gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Ear ...

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Zevallos Zevallos is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. Gardel and Renard are to its west; to its north is Conchou Conchou is a settlement in Guadeloupe, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located ...

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