Coordinates: 1615N 6135W / 16.25N 61.583W / 16.25; -61.583 Guadeloupe   Overseas region of France   Flag Logo Country France Prefecture Basse-Terre Departments 1 Government  - President Victorin Lurel (PS) Area  - Total 1628 km2 (628.6 sq mi) Population (1 January 2008)1  - Total 405500  - Density 249.1/km2 (645.1/sq mi) Time zone ECT (UTC-04) GDP/ Nominal 7.75 billion (2006)citation needed NUTS Region FR9 Website cr-guadeloupe.fr

Guadeloupe (French pronunciation: wadlup; English: /wdlup/; Antillean Creole: Gwadloup) is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles with a land area of 1628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi) and a population of 400000.1 It is the first overseas region of France consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments Guadeloupe is also one of the 27 regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic.

As part of France Guadeloupe is part of the European Union; hence as for most EU countries its currency is the euro.2 However Guadeloupe is not part of the Schengen Area. The prefecture and the capital of Guadeloupe is Basse-Terre. Christopher Columbus named the island Santa Mara de Guadalupe in 1493 after the Virgin Mary venerated in the Spanish town of Guadalupe in Extremadura. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Hurricanes 2.2 Climate 3 Demographics 4 Arrondissements cantons and communes 4.1 Major Urban Areas 5 Politics 6 Culture 7 Economy 8 Sport 9 See also 10 Notes 11 External links 11.1 Government 11.1.1 Travel History Main article: History of Guadeloupe

During his second trip to America seeking fresh water in November 1493 Christopher Columbus became the first European to land on Guadeloupe. He called it Santa Mara de Guadalupe de Extremadura after the image of the Virgin Mary venerated at the Spanish monastery of Villuercas in Guadalupe Extremadura. The expedition set ashore just south of Capesterre and did not leave any settlers ashore.

Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the pineapple on the island of Guadeloupe in 1493 although the fruit had long been grown in South America. He called it pia de Indias meaning "pine of Indies."3 Satellite photo of Guadeloupe

After successful settlement on the island of St Christophe (St Kitts) the French Company of the American Islands delegated Charles Lienard and Jean Duplessis Lord of Ossonville to colonize one or any of the regions islands Guadeloupe Martinique or Dominica. Due to Martiniques inhospitable nature the duo resolved to settle in Guadeloupe in 1635 took possession of the island and wiped out many of the Carib Amerindians. It was annexed to the kingdom of France in 1674.

Over the next century the island was seized several times by the British. The economy benefited from the lucrative sugar trade introduced during the closing decades of the seventeenth century. One indication of Guadeloupe's prosperity at this time is that in the Treaty of Paris (1763) France defeated in war again agreed to abandon its territorial claims in Canada if the British returned Guadeloupe which was captured in 1759.

In 1790 following the outbreak of the French Revolution the upper classes of Guadeloupe refused to obey the new laws of equal rights for the free colored. They attempted to declare independence causing a fire to break out in Pointe--Pitre that devastated a third of the town. A struggle between the monarchists (who wanted independence) and the republicans (who were faithful to revolutionary France) ensued. It ended with a victory by the monarchists who declared independence in 1791. The monarchists refused to receive the new governor appointed by Paris in 1792. In 1793 a slave rebellion started which made the upper classes turn to the British and ask them to occupy the island.

In an effort to take advantage of the chaos ensuing from the French Revolution Britain attempted to seize Guadeloupe in 1794 and held it from 21 April until December 1794 when Victor Hugues obliged the English general to surrender.4 Hugues succeeded in freeing the slaves. They revolted and turned on the slave owners who controlled the sugar plantations. In 1802 when French interests were threatened Napoleon Bonaparte sent a force to suppress the rebels and re-institute slavery. Louis Delgrs and a group of revolutionary soldiers killed themselves on the slopes of the Matouba volcano when it became obvious that the invading troops would take control of the island. The occupation force killed approximately 10000 Guadeloupeans. Arawak petroglyph river Plessis (Guadeloupe) On 4 February 1810 the British once again seized the island and continued to occupy it until 1816. By the Anglo-Swedish alliance of 3 March 1813 it was ceded to Sweden for a brief period of 15 months. The British administration continued in place and British governors continued to govern the Island.5 By the Treaty of Paris of 1814 Sweden ceded Guadeloupe once more to France. An ensuing settlement between Sweden and the British gave rise to the Guadeloupe Fund. French control of Guadeloupe was definitively acknowledged in the Treaty of Vienna in 1815. Slavery was abolished on the island on 22 July 1804 at the initiative of Victor Schoelcher. Guadeloupe lost 12000 of its 150000 residents in the cholera epidemic of 186566.6 In 1946 the colony of Guadeloupe became an overseas department of France and in 1974 it became an administrative center. Its deputies sit in the French National Assembly in Paris. Today the population of Guadeloupe is mainly of African or mixed descent and largely Roman Catholic. French and a Creole patois with an important European and Indian active population. There are also Lebanese Syrians Chinese and others for example Carib Amerindians. On 15 July 2007 the island communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthlemy were officially detached from Guadeloupe and became two separate French overseas collectivities with their own local administration.7 Their combined population was 35930 and their combined land area was 74.2 km2 (29 sq mi) at the 1999 census. Guadeloupe thereby lost 8.5 percent of its population and 4.4 percent of its land area. On 20 January 2009 an umbrella group of approximately fifty labour union and other associations known in the local Antillean Creole as the Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon (LKP) led by lie Domota called for a 200 ($260 USD) monthly pay increase for the island's low income workers. The protesters have proposed that authorities "lower business taxes as a top up to company finances" to pay for the 200 pay raises. Employers and business leaders in Guadeloupe have said that they cannot afford the salary increase. The strike lasted for 44 days until an accord was reached on March 5 2009. Tourism suffered greatly during this time and has affected the 2010 tourist season as well. Geography Location of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean In green (with red legend) are the constituent parts of the Guadeloupe rgion/dpartement among the Leeward Islands Main article: Geography of Guadeloupe Located as the southernmost of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe comprises five main islands: Basse-Terre Island Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called Salt River) with the adjacent islands of La Dsirade Les Saintes and Marie-Galante. Western Basse-Terre has a rough volcanic relief while eastern Grande-Terre features rolling hills and flat plains. Further to the north Saint-Barthlemy and the northern French part of Saint Martin once came under the jurisdiction of Guadeloupe but on 7 December 2003 both of these areas voted to become an overseas territorial collectivity a decision which took effect on 22 February 2007.8 Hurricanes The island was devastated by several hurricanes in modern times: On 12 September 1928 Okeechobee hurricane caused extensive damage and killed thousands of people. On 22 August 1964 Guadeloupe was ravaged by Hurricane Cleo which killed 14 people. Two years later on 27 September 1966 Category 3 Hurricane Inez caused very extensive damage mostly in Grande-Terre and north Basse-Terre Island and killed 33 people. Charles De Gaulle visited the island after the hurricanes and declared it a disaster area. On 17 September 1989 Category 4 Hurricane Hugo caused very extensive damage left more than 35000 homeless destroyed 10000 homes 100 percent of the banana crops and 60 percent of the sugar cane crops. From late August to mid September 1995 the island was in the path of three successive cyclones: Tropical Storm Iris on 28 Augustcaused minor damages; Hurricane Luis on 5 Septembercaused moderate damages in north coast of Grande-Terre; Hurricane Marilyn on 15 Septembercaused moderate damages in Basse-Terre. On 21 September 1998 Hurricane Georges pounded the islands causing moderate damage and destroying 90% of the banana crop. Climate Main article: Climate of Guadeloupe Demographics Evolution of the demography between 1961 and 2003 (figure of the FAO 2005). Population in thousand inhabitants. Population : 440000 (July 2006 estimates from the CIA World Factbook; note that these estimates disagree with official INSEE estimates and that they also include Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthlemy) Population 452776 Age structure 0 to 14 years 23.6% male 54725 female 52348 15 to 64 years 67.1% male 150934 female 153094 65 years and older 9.2% male 17353 female 24322 Population growth rate   0.88% Birth rate 15.05 births per 1000 people Death rate 6.09 deaths Net migration rate 0.15 migrants Sex ratio (male:female) at birth 1.05 under 15 years 15 to 64 years 0.99 65 years and older 0.71 Overall 0.97 Infant mortality rate 8.41 deaths per 1000 live births Life expectancy at birth males 75.91 years females 82.37 years Overall 79.14 years Total fertility rate 1.9 children born per woman Demonym Guadeloupean(s) (not Guadeloupians) Adjectival Guadeloupe Guadeloupean Ethnic groups9 Black African / French-African-Indian Ancestry 71% from Tamil Nadu and other parts of India 15% White 9% Lebanese / Syrians 2% Chinese / others 3% Religion Roman Catholic 86% Protestant 5% Hindu / African 4% Jehovah's Witnesses 2% Language French (official) 99% Most locals also speak Creole Literacy10 males 90% females Overall Arrondissements cantons and communes Islands and communes of the Guadeloupe dpartement. Guadeloupe is divided into arrondissements cantons and communes: Arrondissements of the Guadeloupe department Cantons of the Guadeloupe department Communes of the Guadeloupe department See also: Overseas departments and territories of France and Administrative divisions of France Major Urban Areas Rank Urban Area Pop.(06) Pop. (99) Pop Island 1 Pointe--Pitre 132870 132751 +0.09 % G-T & B-T 2 Basse-Terre 37455 36126 +3.68 % Basse-Terre 3 Sainte-Anne 23073 20410 +13.0 % Grande-Terre 4 Petit-Bourg 21153 20528 +3.04 % Basse-Terre 5 Le Moule 21027 20827 +0.96 % Grande-Terre Politics Main article: Politics of Guadeloupe To the right Victorin Lurel Chairmain of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe sends four deputies to the French National Assembly and three senators to the French Senate. One of the four National Assembly constituencies still includes Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthlemy even though they seceded from Guadeloupe in 2007. This situation should last until 2012 when Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthlemy will send their own deputies to the French National Assembly. Culture Main article: Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe Admiral T at Stade de France Photo of Francky Vincent Guadeloupe's culture is probably best known for the islanders' literary achievements particularly the poetry of Saint-John Perse the pseudonym used by Alexis Lger. Perse won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the soaring flight and the evocative images of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time. Guadeloupe has always had a rich literary production prolonged today by many living writers poets novelists essayists and journalists among them Mesdames Maryse Cond and Simone Schwartz-Bart M. Ernest Ppin. Also culturally important are the arts particularly painting and sculpture. Famous painters and/or sculptors include Michel Rovelas Claudie Cancelier Jean-Claude Echard Christian Bracy Roger Arekian les Frres Baptiste Michelle Chomereau-Lamothe Logane Pdurand Nicole Rache Richard-Viktor Sainsily. Music and dance are also very popular and the widely accepted interaction of African French and Indian11 cultures has given birth to some original new forms specific to the archipelago. Islanders enjoy many local dance styles including the quadrille "au commandement" zouk zouk-love kompa toumbl as well as all the modern international dances. Typical Guadeloupean music includes la biguine and gwo ka la base. Popular artist such as Kassav' Francky Vincent and Admiral T embody the traditional from the past and the new generation of music while others such as Tom Frager grew up there. Many international festivals take place in Guadeloupe like the Creole Blues Festival the Marie-Galante Festival Festival Gwo-Ka Cotellon etc. It goes without saying that all the Euro-French forms of art are also omnipresent in the melting pot. Whilst not in the Guadeloupean style Catherine Quinol aka Katrin is known worldwide as the lip synching icon of the piano-house trio Black Box who burst on to the Music Scene in the late 80s with songs such as Ride On Time. Katrin is however a trained singer and she went on to release her own work. Another element of the Guadeloupean culture is its dress. Women in particular have a unique style of traditional dresses with many layers of colourful fabrics now only worn on special occasions. On festive occasions they also wore a madras (originally the 'kerchief' from South India) head scarf tied in many different symbolic forms. The headdress could be done in many styles with names like the "bat" style or the "firefighter" style as well as the "Guadeloupean woman." Jewelry mainly of gold is also important in the Guadeloupean lady's dress a product of European African and Indian inspiration. Many famous couturiers like Devaed and Mondelo are Guadeloupeans. Economy Main article: Economy of Guadeloupe Carbet Falls one of the most popular visitor sites in Guadeloupe with approximately 400000 visitors annually. Pointe des Chteaux in Guadeloupe In 2006 the GDP per capita of Guadeloupe at market exchange rates not at PPP was 17338 (US$21780).12 The economy of Guadeloupe depends on tourism agriculture light industry and services. But it especially depends on France for large subsidies and imports. Tourism is a key industry with 83.3% of tourists visiting from metropolitan France 10.8% coming from the rest of Europe 3.4% coming from the United States 1.5% coming from Canada 0.4% coming from South America and 0.6% coming from the rest of the world.13 An increasingly large number of cruise ships visit the islands. The traditional sugar cane crop is slowly being replaced by other crops such as bananas (which now supply about 50% of export earnings) eggplant guinnep noni sapotilla paroka pikinga giraumon squash yam gourd plantain christophine monbin prunecaf cocoa jackfruit pomegranate and many varieties of 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 solar energy and many industrial productions. Most manufactured goods and fuel are imported. Unemployment is especially high among the youth. Hurricanes periodically devastate the economy. The country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Guadeloupe is ".gp". Sport Thierry Henry during a match of FC Barcelona Mickal Pitrus at the Washington Wizards v/s Orlando Magic game on 27 November 2008 Football (soccer) is popular in Guadeloupe. Thierry Henry a star of the French National Team and MLS club New York Red Bulls often visits as his father Antoine was originally from the island. William Gallas whose parentage is Guadeloupean visits the island when not playing for Tottenham or the French National team. Lilian Thuram a former star football defender for France and FC Barcelona was born in Guadeloupe. The French national team and Everton F.C. striker Louis Saha is also of Guadeloupean descent as is Kettering Town F.C. goalkeeper Willy Gueret. Pascal Chimbonda of Queens Park Rangers was also born in Guadeloupe. Inter Milan star Jonathan Biabiany is also of Guadeloupean descent. Stphane Auvray is a Guadeloupean footballer who currently plays for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer. Ronald Zubar who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Barclays Premier League is born in Guadeloupe. The national football team experienced recent success advancing all the way to the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finals where they were defeated just 1-0 by CONCACAF powerhouse Mexico. Many fine track and field athletes such as Marie-Jos Prec Patricia Girard-Lno and Christine Arron are also Guadeloupe natives. The NBA players Mickal Pitrus and Rodrigue Beaubois were born in this island. Triple Olympic champion Marie-Jos Prec fourth-fastest 100m runner Christine Arron and fencing champion Laura Flessel all were born and raised in Guadeloupe. Even though Guadeloupe is part of France it has its own sports teams. There is also a rugby union a small but rapidly growing sport in Guadeloupe. France international & Stade Franais centre Mathieu Bastareaud (a cousin of French international & former Arsenal centre-back William Gallas) was born in Guadeloupe. This island is also internationally best known for hosting the Karujet Race Jet Ski World Championship since 1998. This amazing 9-stage 4-day event unites competitors from all around the world (mostly Caribbeans Americans and Europeans). The one-of-a-kind Karujet generally made up of 7 races all around the island has an established reputation as one of the most difficult championships in which to compete. All challengers both amateurs and professionals who attend the Karujet are astonished by the diverse incredible and unique waterbodies the "butterfly island" provides. The Route du Rhum is one of the most prominent event nautical French sport that occur every 4 years. World-famous bodybuilder Serge Nubret was born in Anse-Bertrand Grande-Terre representing the French state in various bodybuilding competitions throughout the 1960s and 1970s taking 2nd place in both the 1973 and 1975 IFBB Mr. Olympia contests as Johnny Yrius another native. On the female side Marie-Laure Mahabir also hails from Guadeloupe. See also France portal Caribbean portal Bibliography of Guadeloupe 2009 French Caribbean general strikes Colonial and Departmental Heads of Guadeloupe List of Guadeloupe-related topics Notes a b Figure without the territories of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthlemy detached from Guadeloupe on 22 February 2007. Guadeloupe is pictured on all Euro banknotes on the backside at the bottom of each note right of the Greek (EURO) next to the denomination. "Pineapple History". Homecooking.about.com. 11 February 2010. http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/pineapplehist.htm. Retrieved 16 April 2010.  pg 241David Barry Gaspar (Editor) Darlene Clark Hine (Editor). More Than Chattel: Black Women and Slavery in the Americas (April 1996 ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 360. ISBN 0253210437. Hugues was able to use his expeditionary force of 1500 men and an enthusiastic slave population to repel the British invasion of Guadeloupe after a seven-month struggle which ended in December 1794. World Statesmen.org: Guadeloupe Byrne Joseph Patrick (2008). Encyclopedia of Pestilence Pandemics and Plagues: A-M. ABC-CLIO. p. 107. ISBN 0313341028.  The French law was passed in February 2007 but the new status came in force once the local assemblies elected with second leg of the vote on 15 July 2007. See J. P. Thiellay Droit des outre-mers Paris:Dalloz 2007. "Guadeloupe Arrondissements". Statoids.com. http://www.statoids.com/ugp.html. Retrieved 16 April 2010.  Approximate figures as ethnicity is not polled during a French census. Defined as those aged 15 or over who can read and write; based on 1982 estimates. Sahai Sharad (1998).Guadeloupe Lights Up: French-lettered Indians in a remote corner of the Caribbean reclaim their Hindu identity. Hinduism Today Digital Edition February 1998. (French) INSEE-CEROM. "Tableau de bord conomique de la Guyane". http://www.insee.fr/FR/inseeregions/guyane/publi/tabborgy.pdf. Retrieved 20 January 2008.  "Guadeloupe Economie" (in FRENCH). 1998. http://perso.orange.fr/manioc.guadeloupe/guadeloupe/Guadeloupe%20-%20Economie.htm. 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