Guadeloupe March 26, 2021 Americas , Antilles , archipelago , Atlantic Ocean , bananes , Basse-Terre , canne à sucre , Caribbean , Caribbean Sea , Centre caribéen d'expressions et de mémoire de la Traite et de l'Esclavage , chutes du Carbet , colony , départements , dependencies and overseas territories , esclavage , European Union , France , French , French colony , French language , French West Indies , Grande Terre , Guadeloupe , hurricane , islands , Karukera , La Désirade , Les Abymes , Marie-Galante , Mémorial ACTe , overseas , Petite-Terre , Pointe-à-Pitre , rhum , South America , Sucre , Terre-de-Bas , Terre-de-Haut , tourism , traite d'êtres humains , tropiques Official name Guadeloupe Name in local language Guadeloupe (fr) Continent Americas Subcontinent Caribbean Population (ranking: 184e ) 375,857 inhabitants (2021) Population growth -0.27 % / year Area 1,628 km² Density 230.87 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 150e )9.740 billions $USD (2015) GDP/capita (ranking ) 24,668 $USD (2015) GDP growth 1.90 % / year (2015) Life expectancy (ranking ) 80.55 years (2012) Birth rate 12.50 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 2.21 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 8.20 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 4.19 ‰ (2008) Literacy rate 100.00 % (2018) Official languages French (Creole spoken) Currency Euro (€ EUR) HDI (ranking: n.c. )0.000 / 1 (2017) EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018) Government Overseas region and department of France Head of State President Emmanuel Macron National Day 14 July (French Revolution of 1789) ISO Codes GP, GLP Demonym Guadeloupean, French Tourists (ranking ) 600,000 people (2016)
Guadeloupe is both a mono-departmental region of the French overseas territories and an ultraperipheral European region, located in the Caribbean, in the Americas. It is located south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat , and north of Dominica .
Falls in the jungle, Guadeloupe Mémorial ACTe (Caribbean Center for Expressions and Memories of Trafficking and Slavery), Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Urban areas (2018) Urban areas Population Pointe-à-Pitre - Les Abymes 312,810 inhabitants Basse-Terre 51,468 inhabitants
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