Grenada ( Grenada) is a country in Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago. Grenada geographic coordinates 12 07 N, 61 40 W; area 344 sq km; area comparative twice the size of Washington, DC; land boundaries 0 km; coastline 121 km; maritime claims exclusive economic zone:<; climate tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds; terrain volcanic in origin with central mountains; elevation extremes Mount Saint Catherine 840 m; natural resources timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors; land use 64.71% (2001); irrigated land NA sq km; natural hazards lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November; environment current issues NA; environment international agreements none of the selected agreements; geography note the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada;

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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. government type constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament; capital Saint George's; administrative divisions 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick; independence 7 February 1974 (from UK); national holiday Independence Day, 7 February (1974); constitution 19 December 1973; legal system based on English common law; suffrage 18 years of age; universal;

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Grenada population 89,502 (July 2005 est.); age structure 3.4% (male 1,431/female 1,598) (2005 est.); median age 20.76 years (2005 est.); population growth rate 0.19% (2005 est.); birth rate 22.3 births/1,000 population (2005 est.); death rate 7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.); net migration rate -13.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.); sex ratio 1.08 male(s)/female (2005 est.); infant mortality rate 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births; life expectancy at birth 66.31 years (2005 est.); total fertility rate 2.37 children born/woman (2005 est.); hiv adult rate NA; hiv people with aids NA; hiv deaths NA; nationality Grenadian; ethnic groups black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian; religions Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%; languages English (official), French patois; literacy 98% (1970 est.);

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