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 Baker Island (2001)Grenada (2001)
 Baker IslandGrenada
Administrative divisions - 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
Age structure - 0-14 years:
37.05% (male 16,739; female 16,318)

15-64 years:
59.03% (male 27,850; female 24,820)

65 years and over:
3.92% (male 1,592; female 1,908) (2001 est.)
Agriculture - products - bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables
Airports 1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m, completely covered with vegetation and unusable (2000 est.) 3 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways - total:
3

2,438 to 3,047 m:
1

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1

under 914 m:
1 (2000 est.)
Area total:
1.4 sq km

land:
1.4 sq km

water:
0 sq km		 total:
340 sq km

land:
340 sq km

water:
0 sq km
Area - comparative about 2.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC twice the size of Washington, DC
Background The US took possession of the island in 1857, and its guano deposits were mined by US and British companies during the second half of the 19th century. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization was begun on this island - as well as on nearby Howland Island - but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. Presently the island is a National Wildlife Refuge run by the US Department of the Interior; a day beacon is situated near the middle of the west coast. One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year.
Birth rate - 23.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Budget - revenues:
$85.8 million

expenditures:
$102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)
Capital - Saint George's
Climate equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Coastline 4.8 km 121 km
Constitution - 19 December 1973
Country name conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Baker Island		 conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Grenada
Currency - East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Death rate - 7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Debt - external - $182.8 million (1998)
Dependency status unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system -
Diplomatic representation from the US - chief of mission:
the ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada

embassy:
Point Salines, Saint George's

mailing address:
P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, West Indies

telephone:
[1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176

FAX:
[1] (473) 444-4820
Diplomatic representation in the US - chief of mission:
Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE

chancery:
1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone:
[1] (202) 265-2561

consulate(s) general:
New York
Disputes - international none none
Economic aid - recipient - $8.3 million (1995)
Economy - overview no economic activity In this island economy progress in fiscal reforms and prudent macroeconomic management have kept annual growth steady since 1998. The increase in economic activity has been led by construction and trade. Tourist facilities are being expanded; tourism is the leading foreign exchange earner. Major short-term concerns are the rising fiscal deficit and the deterioration in the external account balance. Grenada shares a common central bank and a common currency with seven other members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Electricity - consumption - 111.6 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports - 0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports - 0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - production - 120 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source - fossil fuel:
100%

hydro:
0%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point:
unnamed location 8 m		 lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:
Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Environment - current issues no natural fresh water resources NA
Environment - international agreements - party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling

signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
Ethnic groups - black 82% some South Asians (East Indians) and Europeans, trace Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Exchange rates - East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
Executive branch - chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996)

head of government:
Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June 1995)

cabinet:
Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister

elections:
none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; prime minister appointed by the governor general from among the members of the House of Assembly
Exports - $62.3 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities - bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace
Exports - partners - Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%, Netherlands 8.8% (1991)
Fiscal year - calendar year
Flag description the flag of the US is used a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions
GDP - purchasing power parity - $394 million (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture:
9.7%

industry:
15%

services:
75.3% (1996 est.)
GDP - per capita - purchasing power parity - $4,400 (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate - 7% (2000 est.)
Geographic coordinates 0 13 N, 176 31 W 12 07 N, 61 40 W
Geography - note treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
Highways - total:
1,040 km

paved:
638 km

unpaved:
402 km (1996)
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%
Illicit drugs - small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for marijuana and cocaine to US
Imports - $217.5 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities - food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel (1989)
Imports - partners - US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%, Japan 7.1% (1991)
Independence - 7 February 1974 (from UK)
Industrial production growth rate - 0.7% (1997 est.)
Industries - food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction
Infant mortality rate - 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) - 2.5% (2000 est.)
International organization participation - ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - 14 (2000)
Irrigated land 0 sq km (1993) NA sq km
Judicial branch - West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)
Labor force - 42,300 (1996)
Labor force - by occupation - services 62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.)
Land boundaries 0 km 0 km
Land use arable land:
0%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
0%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
100%		 arable land:
15%

permanent crops:
18%

permanent pastures:
3%

forests and woodland:
9%

other:
55% (1993 est.)
Languages - English (official), French patois
Legal system the laws of the US, where applicable, apply based on English common law
Legislative branch - bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:
last held on 18 January 1999 (next to be held by NA October 2004)

election results:
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NNP 14, GULP 1
Life expectancy at birth - total population:
64.52 years

male:
62.74 years

female:
66.31 years (2001 est.)
Literacy - definition:
age 15 and over can read and write

total population:
98%

male:
98%

female:
98% (1970 est.)
Location Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Map references Oceania Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM		 exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM
Merchant marine - none (2000 est.)
Military - note defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard -
Military branches - Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard
Military expenditures - dollar figure - $NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP - NA%
National holiday - Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
Nationality - noun:
Grenadian(s)

adjective:
Grenadian
Natural hazards the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November
Natural resources guano (deposits worked until 1891), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
Net migration rate - -15.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Political parties and leaders - Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Herbert PREUDHOMME]; National Democratic Congress or NDC [leader vacant]; New National Party or NNP [George McGUIRE]
Political pressure groups and leaders - NA
Population uninhabited

note:
American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; a cemetery and remnants of structures from early settlement are located near the middle of the west coast; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2001 est.)		 89,227 (July 2001 est.)
Population below poverty line - NA%
Population growth rate - -0.06% (2001 est.)
Ports and harbors none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast Grenville, Saint George's
Radio broadcast stations - AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios - 57,000 (1997)
Railways - 0 km
Religions - Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
Sex ratio - at birth:
1 male(s)/female

under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female

15-64 years:
1.12 male(s)/female

65 years and over:
0.83 male(s)/female

total population:
1.07 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Suffrage - 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system - general assessment:
automatic, islandwide telephone system

domestic:
interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links

international:
new SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad
Telephones - main lines in use - 27,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular - 976 (1997)
Television broadcast stations - 2 (1997)
Terrain low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef volcanic in origin with central mountains
Total fertility rate - 2.54 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate - 15% (1997)
Waterways none none
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