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- Surface area : 1 703 km2 (of which Basse-Terre accounts
for 848 km2 and Grande-Terre 590 km2)
- Status : Overseas Department (DOM) since the 19th March
1946
- Prefectorial Offices : Basse-Terre (14 000 inhab.)
- Population : 422 496 inhabitants after the census of 1999
(387.000 en 1990) ; estimated 450 000 today (non official data).
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Météo Guadeloupe
| 12 Mars 2010 |
Température : 28 °C |
| Hygrométrie : 85 % |
Vent : 11 km/h NE |
| 13 Mars 2010 |
Température : 28 °C |
| Hygrométrie : 83 % |
Vent : 11 km/h ENE |
| 14 Mars 2010 |
Température : 28 °C |
| Hygrométrie : 79 % |
Vent : 8 km/h SE |
| 15 Mars 2010 |
Température : 30 °C |
| Hygrométrie : 78 % |
Vent : 8 km/h ESE |
| 16 Mars 2010 |
Température : 30 °C |
| Hygrométrie : 80 % |
Vent : 5 km/h SSE |
| Roger Bambuck (Pointe à Pitre 1945)
Athlete and politician, winner of the bronze medal in the 1968 Olympic
Games, and State Secretary for Youth and Sports (1989). He was the best
French sprinter in the 1960s and also[...] |
| Economy
On evoking the economy of Guadeloupe, it is necessary to take into
consideration its colonial past, essentially centred on agricultural
activity. The agricultural sector of the island is in a paradox situation
today:[...] |