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 Guadeloupe (2002)Tokelau (2005)
 GuadeloupeTokelau
Administrative divisions none (overseas department of France) none (territory of New Zealand)
Age structure 0-14 years: 24.9% (male 55,393; female 53,047)


15-64 years: 66.2% (male 142,945; female 145,757)


65 years and over: 8.9% (male 16,168; female 22,429) (2002 est.)
0-14 years: 42%


15-64 years: 53%


65 years and over: 5% (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats
Airports 9 (2001) none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways total: 8


over 3,047 m: 1


914 to 1,523 m: 2


under 914 m: 5 (2002)
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Airports - with unpaved runways total: 1 1


under 914 m: 1 (2002)
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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 shared with the Netherlands; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles and its northern portion is named Saint-Martin and is part of Guadeloupe 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.
Birth rate 16.53 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) NA
Budget revenues: $225 million


expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996)
revenues: $430,800


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; 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 euro (EUR); French franc (FRF) -
Death rate 6.03 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.) NA
Debt - external $NA $0
Dependency status overseas department of France self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelauans are drafting a constitution and developing institutions and patterns of self-government as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand
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 from New Zealand about $4 million annually
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 rely heavily on aid from New Zealand - about $4 million annually - to maintain public services, with 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 1.293 billion kWh (2000) NA kWh
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (2000) -
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (2000) -
Electricity - production 1.39 billion kWh (2000) NA kWh
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel: 100%


hydro: 0%


nuclear: 0%


other: 0% (2000)
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Elevation extremes lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m


highest point: Soufriere 1,484 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 - 1.1324 (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997) New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001), 2.2012 (2000)
Executive branch chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Dominique VIAN (since 6 August 2002)


head of government: President of the General Council Jacques GILLOT (since 26 March 2001); President of the Regional Council Lucette MICHAUX-CHEVRY (since 22 March 1992)


cabinet: NA


elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-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), represented by Governor General of New Zealand Dame Silvia CARTWRIGHT (since 4 April 2001); New Zealand is represented by Administrator Neil WALTER (since 1 March 2003)


head of government: Pio TUIA (since February 2005); note - position rotates annually among the three Faipule (village leaders)


cabinet: the Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau, consisting of three Faipule (village leaders) and three Pulenuku (village mayors) 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) New Zealand (2000)
Fiscal year calendar year 1 April - 31 March
Flag description the flag of France is used the flag of New Zealand is used
GDP purchasing power parity - $3.7 billion (1997 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
Geography - note a narrow channel, the Riviere Salee, divides Guadeloupe proper into two islands: the larger, western Basse-Terre and the smaller, eastern Grande-Terre consists of three atolls, each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over three meters above sea level
Highways total: 2,560 km


paved: 965 km


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


paved: NA


unpaved: NA
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) $323,000 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) New Zealand (2000)
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 9.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) total: NA


male: NA


female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices) NA% NA%
International organization participation FZ, WCL, WFTU UNESCO (associate), UPU
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 3 (2000) -
Irrigated land 20 sq km (1998 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) (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: 10.65%


permanent crops: 4.14%


other: 85.21% (1998 est.)
arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile)


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (2001)
Languages French (official) 99%, Creole patois Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Legal system French legal system New Zealand 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 - left-wing candidates 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6, right-wing candidates 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 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2002); percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 1, PS 2, PC 1
unicameral General Fono (21 seats; based upon proportional representation from the three islands elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; Nukunonu has 6 seats, Fakaofo has 7 seats, Atafu has 8 seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono


elections: last held January 2002 (next to be held January 2005)
Life expectancy at birth total population: 77.35 years


male: 74.19 years


female: 80.66 years (2002 est.)
total population: NA


male: -9 years


female: -9 years (2005 est.)
Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write


total population: 90%


male: 90%


female: 90% (1982 est.)
NA
Location Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico Oceania, group of three atolls 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
territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Merchant marine total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,240 GRT/109 DWT


ships by type: passenger 1


note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: France 1 (2002 est.)
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Military - note defense is the responsibility of France defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
Military branches no regular indigenous military forces; 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 de Guadeloupe 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 (2002 est.) NA
Political parties and leaders Communist Party of Guadeloupe or PCG [Christian CELESTE]; FGPS [Dominique LARIFLA]; 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 435,739 (July 2002 est.) 1,405 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% NA
Population growth rate 1.04% (2002 est.) -0.01% (2005 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: 1 radio station provides service to all islands (2002)
Radios 113,000 (1997) -
Railways total: NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines -
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 (2002 est.)
NA
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: modern satellite-based communications system;


domestic: radiotelephone service between islands


international: country code - 690; 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) 300 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular NA 0 (2001)
Television broadcast stations 5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997) -
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 1.92 children born/woman (2002 est.) NA
Unemployment rate 27.8% (1998) (1998) NA%
Waterways none -
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