Grenada

agricultural land:

32.3%;

• arable land 8.8%;
• permanent crops 20.6%;
• permanent pasture 2.9%

forest:

50%

other:

17.7% (2011 est.)

• deforestation causing habitat destruction and species loss;
• coastal erosion and contamination;
• pollution and sedimentation;
• inadequate solid waste management

party to:

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

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

noun:

Grenadian(s)

adjective:

Grenadian

at birth:

1.1 male(s)/female

0-14 years:

1.08 male(s)/female

15-24 years:

0.99 male(s)/female

25-54 years:

1.05 male(s)/female

55-64 years:

1.05 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.85 male(s)/female

total population:

1.03 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

conventional long form:

none

conventional short form:

Grenada

etymology:

probably named for the Spanish city of Granada; in Spanish "granada" means "pomegranate"

name:

Saint George's

geographic coordinates:

12 03 N, 61 45 W

time difference:

UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

• previous 1967;
• latest presented 19 December 1973, effective 7 February 1974, suspended 1979 following a revolution, but restored in 1983;
• amended 1991 (Constitutional Judicature Act, 1991) (2017)

citizenship by birth:

yes

citizenship by descent:

yes

dual citizenship recognized:

yes

residency requirement for naturalization:

7 years for persons from a non-Caribbean state and 4 years for a person from a Caribbean state

chief of state:

Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Cecile LA GRENADE (since 7 May 2013)

head of government:

Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 20 February 2013)

cabinet:

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

elections/appointments:

• the monarchy is hereditary;
• governor general appointed by the monarch;
• following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general

highest court(s):

• the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States;
• the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges;
• the Court of Appeal is itinerant, travelling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts;
• High Court judges reside at the member states with 2 in Grenada

judge selection and term of office:

• chief justice of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court appointed by the Her Majesty, Queen ELIZABETH II;
• other justices and judges appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, and independent body of judicial officials;
• Court of Appeal justices appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 65;
• High Court judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 62

subordinate courts:

magistrates' courts; Court of Magisterial Appeals

• Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Wilfred HAYES]
• National Democratic Congress or NDC [Nazim BURKE]
• New National Party or NNP [Keith MITCHELL]

• Committee for Human Rights in Grenada or CHRG
• New Jewel Movement Support Group
• The British Grenada Friendship Society
• The New Jewel 19 Committee

chief of mission:

Ambassador Ethelstan Angus FRIDAY (since 3 September 2013)

chancery:

1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone:

[1] (202) 265-2561

FAX:

[1] (202) 265-2468

consulate(s) general:

Miami

chief of mission:

the US does not have an embassy in Grenada; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada

embassy:

Lance-aux-Epines Stretch, Saint George's

mailing address:

P. O. Box 54, Saint George's

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 stand for the seven administrative divisions, with the central star denoting the capital, St. George;
• yellow represents the sun and the warmth of the people, green stands for vegetation and agriculture, and red symbolizes harmony, unity, and courage

name:

"Hail Grenada"

lyrics/music:

Irva Merle BAPTISTE/Louis Arnold MASANTO

note: adopted 1974

agriculture:

11%

industry:

20%

services:

69% (2008 est.)

lowest 10%:

NA%

highest 10%:

NA%

general assessment:

adequate, automatic, island-wide telephone system

domestic:

interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links

international:

• country code - 1-473;
• landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) submarine cable with links to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad;
• SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent;
• VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad (2015)

• the Grenada Broadcasting Network, jointly owned by the government and the Caribbean Communications Network of Trinidad and Tobago, operates a TV station and 2 radio stations;
• multi-channel cable TV subscription service is available;
• a dozen private radio stations also broadcast (2007)

number of registered air carriers:

0; inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 0

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers:

0

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers:

0 mt-km (2015)

total:

1,127 km

paved:

687 km

unpaved:

440 km (2001)

country comparison to the world: 184