Grenada

The smallest independent country 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.

party to:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

0-14 years:

38% (male 17,106; female 16,634)

15-64 years:

58% (male 27,267; female 24,356)

65 years and over:

4% (male 1,653; female 2,002) (2000 est.)

at birth:

1.02 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.03 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1.12 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.83 male(s)/female

total population:

1.07 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

noun:

Grenadian(s)

adjective:

Grenadian

conventional long form:

none

conventional short form:

Grenada

chief of state:

Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996)

head of government:

Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June 1995)

cabinet:

Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister

elections:

• none;
• the monarch is hereditary;
• governor general appointed by the monarch;
• prime minister appointed by the governor general from among the members of the House of Assembly

• Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Herbert PREUDHOMME];
• Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement or MBPM [Terrence MARRYSHOW];
• National Democratic Congress or NDC [George BRIZAN];
• New National Party or NNP [Keith MITCHELL];
• The Democratic Labor Party or DLP [Francis ALEXIS];
• The National Party or TNP [Ben JONES]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE

chancery:

1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone:

[1] (202) 265-2561

consulate(s) general:

New York

chief of mission:

the ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada; Charge d'Affairs Lloyd MOSS

embassy:

Point Salines, Saint George's

mailing address:

P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, West Indies

telephone:

[1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176

FAX:

[1] (473) 444-4820

• a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag;
• there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag;
• there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia);
• the seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions

lowest 10%:

NA%

highest 10%:

NA%

total:

1,040 km

paved:

638 km

unpaved:

402 km (1996 est.)