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 Guadeloupe (2004)Tokelau (2007)
 GuadeloupeTokelau
Administrative divisions none (overseas department of France) none (territory of New Zealand)
Age structure 0-14 years: 24.4% (male 55,386; female 52,977)


15-64 years: 66.6% (male 146,772; female 149,314)


65 years and over: 9% (male 16,730; female 23,336) (2004 est.)
0-14 years: 42%


15-64 years: 53%


65 years and over: 5%
Agriculture - products bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats; fish
Airports 9 (2003 est.) -
Airports - with paved runways total: 8


over 3,047 m: 1


914 to 1,523 m: 2


under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)
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Airports - with unpaved runways total: 1


under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
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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 15.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) NA
Budget revenues: $225 million


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


expenditures: $2.8 million (1987 est.)
Capital Basse-Terre none; each atoll has its own administrative center


time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
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 6.05 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) NA
Debt - external NA (yearend 2003 est.) -
Dependency status overseas department of France self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status
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 Tokelau included American Samoa's Swains Island (Olohega) in its 2006 draft constitution
Economic aid - recipient $NA; note - substantial annual French subsidies (1995) NA
Economy - overview The Caribbean 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 1.074 billion kWh (2001) NA kWh
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (2001) -
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (2001) -
Electricity - production 1.155 billion kWh (2001) NA kWh
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 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 - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999) New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002)
Executive branch chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Paul GIROT DE LANGLADE (since 17 August 2004)


head of government: President of the General Council Jacques GILLOT (since 26 March 2001); President of the Regional Council Victorin LUREL (since 2 April 2004)


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 Anand SATYANAND (since 23 August 2006); New Zealand is represented by Administrator David PAYTON (since 17 October 2006)


head of government: Kolouei O'BRIEN (2006); 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 NA (2001) $0 f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - commodities bananas, sugar, rum stamps, copra, handicrafts
Exports - partners France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (1999) New Zealand (2006)
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 - $3.513 billion (2003 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 - $8,000 (2001 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 (Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu), each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over 3 m above sea level
Highways total: 2,467 km


paved: NA km


unpaved: NA km (1998)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: NA


highest 10%: NA
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Imports NA (2001) $969,200 c.i.f. (2002)
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% (1999) New Zealand (2006)
Independence none (overseas department of France) none (territory of New Zealand)
Industrial production growth rate NA -
Industries construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Infant mortality rate total: 8.83 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 10.07 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 7.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
total: NA


male: NA


female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices) NA (2003 est.) NA%
International organization participation WCL, WFTU PIF (observer), SPC, UNESCO (associate), UPU
Irrigated land 20 sq km (1998 est.) NA
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) 440 (2001)
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: 11.24%


permanent crops: 3.55%


other: 85.21% (2001)
arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile)


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (2005)
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 28 March 2004 (next to be held NA 2010)


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 (second round) - percent of vote by party - PS 58.4%, UMP 41.6%; seats by party - PS 29, UMP 12


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 2007); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 2, PS 1, different right parties 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 six seats, Fakaofo has seven seats, Atafu has eight seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono


elections: last held January 2005 (next to be held January 2008)
Life expectancy at birth total population: 77.71 years


male: 74.56 years


female: 81.03 years (2004 est.)
total population: NA


male: NA


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


total population: 90%


male: 90%


female: 90% (1982 est.)
NA
Location Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 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 territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm


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


by type: passenger 1


foreign-owned: France 1


registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)
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Military - note defense is the responsibility of France defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
Military branches no regular military forces -
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 (2004 est.) NA
Political parties and leaders Communist Party of Guadeloupe or PCG [Mona CADOCE]; FGPS [Dominique LARIFLA]; Left Radical Party or PRG [Flavien FERRANT]; Progressive Democratic Party or PPDG [Henri BANGOU]; Socialist Party or PS [Marlene MELISSE and Favrot DAVRAIN]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Marcel ESDRAS]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP [Robert JOYEUX] 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; The Socialist Renewal Movement none
Population 444,515 (July 2004 est.) 1,449 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line NA NA%
Population growth rate 0.96% (2004 est.) -0.018% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors Basse-Terre, Gustavia (on Saint Barthelemy), Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre -
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998) AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (one radio station provides service to all islands) (2002)
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: 1.05 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 (2004 est.)
NA
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal 21 years of age; universal
Telephone system general assessment: domestic facilities inadequate


domestic: NA


international: country code - 590; 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
Telephones - main lines in use 210,000 (2001) 300 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular 323,500 (2002) -
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 1.91 children born/woman (2004 est.) NA
Unemployment rate 27.8% (1998) NA%
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