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 Guadeloupe (2001)Tokelau (2001)
 GuadeloupeTokelau
Administrative divisions none (overseas department of France) none (territory of New Zealand)
Age structure 0-14 years:
24.99% (male 55,030; female 52,722)

15-64 years:
66.22% (male 141,294; female 144,232)

65 years and over:
8.79% (male 15,901; female 21,991) (2001 est.)
0-14 years:
NA%

15-64 years:
NA%

65 years and over:
NA%
Agriculture - products bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats
Airports 9 (2000 est.) none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Samoa
Airports - with paved runways total:
8

over 3,047 m:
1

914 to 1,523 m:
2

under 914 m:
5 (2000 est.)
-
Airports - with unpaved runways total:
1

under 914 m:
1 (2000 est.)
-
Area total:
1,780 sq km

land:
1,706 sq km

water:
74 sq km

note:
Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin
total:
10 sq km

land:
10 sq km

water:
0 sq km
Area - comparative 10 times the size of Washington, DC about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Background Guadeloupe has been a French possession since 1635. The island of Saint-Martin is divided with the Netherlands (whose southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles). Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. According to a UN report, these low-lying islands will disappear in the 21st century, if global warming continues to raise sea levels.
Birth rate 16.91 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) NA births/1,000 population
Budget revenues:
$225 million

expenditures:
$390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996)
revenues:
$430,830

expenditures:
$2.8 million, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (1987 est.)
Capital Basse-Terre none; each atoll has its own administrative center
Climate subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Coastline 306 km 101 km
Constitution 28 September 1958 (French Constitution) administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as amended in 1970
Country name conventional long form:
Department of Guadeloupe

conventional short form:
Guadeloupe

local long form:
Departement de la Guadeloupe

local short form:
Guadeloupe
conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Tokelau
Currency French franc (FRF); euro (EUR) New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Death rate 6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) NA deaths/1,000 population
Debt - external $NA $0
Dependency status overseas department of France territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelauans are drafting a constitution, developing institutions and patterns of self-government as Tokelau moves toward free association with Wellington
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas department of France) none (territory of New Zealand)
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas department of France) none (territory of New Zealand)
Disputes - international none none
Economic aid - recipient $NA; note - substantial annual French subsidies $3.8 million (1995)
Economy - overview The economy depends on agriculture, tourism, light industry, and services. It also depends on France for large subsidies and imports. Tourism is a key industry, with most tourists from the US; an increasingly large number of cruise ships visit the islands. The traditional sugarcane crop is slowly being replaced by other crops, such as bananas (which now supply about 50% of export earnings), eggplant, and flowers. Other vegetables and root crops are cultivated for local consumption, although Guadeloupe is still dependent on imported food, mainly from France. Light industry features sugar and rum production. Most manufactured goods and fuel are imported. Unemployment is especially high among the young. Hurricanes periodically devastate the economy. Tokelau's small size (three villages), isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people must rely on aid from New Zealand to maintain public services, annual aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
Electricity - consumption 1.209 billion kWh (1999) NA kWh
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production 1.3 billion kWh (1999) NA kWh
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
100%

hydro:
0%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)
fossil fuel:
NA%

hydro:
NA%

nuclear:
NA%

other:
NA%
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:
Soufriere 1,467 m
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point:
unnamed location 5 m
Environment - current issues NA very limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
Ethnic groups black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5% Polynesian
Exchange rates Euros per US dollar - 1.0659 (January 2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155 (1996) New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.2502 (January 2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8632 (1998), 1.5083 (1997), 1.4543 (1996)
Executive branch chief of state:
President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean FEDINI (since NA 1996)

head of government:
President of the General Council Marcellin LUBETH (since NA March 1998); President of the Regional Council Lucette MICHAUX-CHEVRY (since 22 March 1992)

cabinet:
NA

elections:
French president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; the presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils

election results:
NA
chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and New Zealand are represented by Administrator Lindsay WATT (since NA March 1993)

head of government:
Aliki Faipule FALIMATEAO (since NA 1997)

cabinet:
the Council of Faipule, consisting of three elected leaders, one from each atoll; functions as a cabinet

elections:
none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand; the head of government is chosen from the Council of Faipule and serves a one-year term
Exports $140 million (f.o.b., 1997) $98,000 (f.o.b., 1983)
Exports - commodities bananas, sugar, rum stamps, copra, handicrafts
Exports - partners France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (1997) NZ
Fiscal year calendar year 1 April - 31 March
Flag description three horizontal bands, a narrow green band (top), a wide red band, and a narrow green band; the green bands are separated from the red band by two narrow white stripes; a gold five-pointed star is centered in the red band toward the hoist side; the flag of France is used for official occasions the flag of New Zealand is used
GDP purchasing power parity - $3.7 billion (1997 est.) purchasing power parity - $1.5 million (1993 est.)
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
15%

industry:
17%

services:
68% (1997 est.)
agriculture:
NA%

industry:
NA%

services:
NA%
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $9,000 (1997 est.) purchasing power parity - $1,000 (1993 est.)
GDP - real growth rate NA% NA%
Geographic coordinates 16 15 N, 61 35 W 9 00 S, 172 00 W
Highways total:
2,560 km

paved:
965 km

unpaved:
1,595 km (1996)
total:
NA km

paved:
NA km

unpaved:
NA km
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%
lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%
Imports $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997) $323,400 (c.i.f., 1983)
Imports - commodities foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
Imports - partners France 63%, Germany 4%, US 3%, Japan 2%, Netherlands Antilles 2% (1997) NZ
Independence none (overseas department of France) none (territory of New Zealand)
Industrial production growth rate NA% NA%
Industries construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Infant mortality rate 9.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) NA deaths/1,000 live births
Inflation rate (consumer prices) NA NA%
International organization participation FZ, WCL, WFTU SPC, WHO (associate)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 3 (2000) 1 (2000)
Irrigated land 30 sq km (1993 est.) NA sq km
Judicial branch Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau
Labor force 125,900 (1997) NA
Labor force - by occupation NA -
Land boundaries total:
10.2 km

border countries:
Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km
0 km
Land use arable land:
14%

permanent crops:
4%

permanent pastures:
14%

forests and woodland:
39%

other:
29% (1993 est.)
arable land:
0% (soil is thin and infertile)

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
0%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
100% (1993 est.)
Languages French (official) 99%, Creole patois Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Legal system French legal system British and local statutes
Legislative branch unicameral General Council or Conseil General (42 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)

elections:
General Council - last held 22 March 1998 (next to be held by NA 2004); Regional Council - last held 15 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2004)

election results:
General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - diverse left parties 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6, diverse right parties 5, PCG 3, UDF 1; Regional Council - percent of vote by party - RPR 48.03%, PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 24.49%, PCG 5.29%, diverse right parties 5.73%; seats by party - RPR 25, PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 12, PCG 2, diverse right parties 2

note:
Guadeloupe elects two representatives to the French Senate; elections last held NA September 1995 (next to be held NA September 2004); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 1, FGPS 1; Guadeloupe elects four representatives to the French National Assembly; elections last held 25 May - 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FGPS 2, RPR 1, PPDG 1
unicameral General Fono (45 seats - 15 from each of the three atolls; members chosen by each atoll's Council of Elders or Taupulega to serve three-year terms); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers legislative power on the General Fono
Life expectancy at birth total population:
77.16 years

male:
74.01 years

female:
80.48 years (2001 est.)
total population:
NA years

male:
NA years

female:
NA years
Literacy definition:
age 15 and over can read and write

total population:
90%

male:
90%

female:
90% (1982 est.)
-
Location Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico Oceania, group of three islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Map references Central America and the Caribbean Oceania
Maritime claims exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM
exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM
Merchant marine total:
1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,240 GRT/109 DWT

ships by type:
passenger 1 (2000 est.)
none (2000 est.)
Military - note defense is the responsibility of France defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
Military branches French Forces, Gendarmerie -
National holiday Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
Nationality noun:
Guadeloupian(s)

adjective:
Guadeloupe
noun:
Tokelauan(s)

adjective:
Tokelauan
Natural hazards hurricanes (June to October); Soufriere is an active volcano lies in Pacific typhoon belt
Natural resources cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism NEGL
Net migration rate -0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.) NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Political parties and leaders Communist Party of Guadeloupe or PCG [Christian CELESTE]; Progressive Democratic Party or PPDG [Henri BANGOU]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Aldo BLAISE]; Socialist Party or PS [Georges LOUISOR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Marcel ESDRAS] none
Political pressure groups and leaders Christian Movement for the Liberation of Guadeloupe or KLPG; General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers or CGT-G; General Union of Guadeloupe Workers or UGTG; Movement for Independent Guadeloupe or MPGI none
Population 431,170 (July 2001 est.) 1,445 (July 2001 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% NA%
Population growth rate 1.07% (2001 est.) -0.92% (2001 est.)
Ports and harbors Basse-Terre, Gustavia (on Saint Barthelemy), Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre none; offshore anchorage only
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998) AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

note:
each atoll has a radio broadcast station of unknown type that broadcasts shipping and weather reports (1998)
Radios 113,000 (1997) 1,000 (1997)
Railways total:
NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines
0 km
Religions Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1% Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%

note:
on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant
Sex ratio at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female

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

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

total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
-
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal 21 years of age; universal
Telephone system general assessment:
domestic facilities inadequate

domestic:
NA

international:
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, and Martinique
general assessment:
adequate

domestic:
radiotelephone service between islands

international:
radiotelephone service to Samoa; government-regulated telephone service (TeleTok), with 3 satellite earth stations, established in 1997
Telephones - main lines in use 171,000 (1996) NA
Telephones - mobile cellular NA 0 (2001)
Television broadcast stations 5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997) NA
Terrain Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Total fertility rate 1.93 children born/woman (2001 est.) NA children born/woman
Unemployment rate 27.8% (1998) NA%
Waterways none none
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