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 Capital: Basse-Terre Popular Cities
Iles des Saintes
Pointe-a-Pitre
The island Guadeloupe , discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, is made a French Overseas Department on march 19th 1946, then a Region in 1974.
The other islands belonging to the archipelago of Guadeloupe: Les Saintes - la Désirade - Petite Terre - Marie Galante,
Saint Martin (split into a French and a Netherland section) and Saint Barthélemy voted at the referendum of December 7, 2003 to become French oversea communities of their own.
Population - 422,000
Language - French
Climate - 66-85F The high is on the coast, the low inland
Currency - French Franc
Departure tax - 18.00 usd
Butterfly-shaped Guadeloupe is an overseas region of France. This Leeward Island in the chain
of the Lesser Antilles is actually two islands: Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre, which are
separated by the Salee River and joined by a drawbridge. Modern Raizet Airport is one of the
best and the busiest in the Caribbean. Pointe-a-Pitre has berths for four cruise ships at once, as
well as marinas for yachts. Guadeloupe has over 3,200 hotel rooms, from luxury resorts to small
inns. The culture can only be described as Creole, that inimitable blend of French and African
that grooves to the beguine or Yves Montand alike. Creole may describe a certain something in a
smile or in a walk or in a stew. It is hard to define. It is simply and seductively Creole.
Guadeloupe covers 530 square miles, with a population of 408,000.
Electricity is 220v, 50 cycles - get a converter.
Weddings require among other things a 1 month residence for one of the parties.
Go to GUADELOUPE this is in French. or try this in english Guadeloupe
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