Guadeloupe

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name: Basse-Terre geographic coordinates: 16 00 N, 61 44 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Jacques BROT (since 12 June 2006) head of government: President of the General Council Jacques GILLOT (since 26 March 2001); President of the Regional Council Victorin LUREL (since 2 April 2004) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; the presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils election results: NA

unicameral General Council or Conseil General (42 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) elections: General Council - last held March 2004 (next to be held by in 2010); Regional Council - last held 28 March 2004 (next to be held in March 2008 to elect half of the body) election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - left-wing candidates 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6, right-wing candidates 5, PCG 3, UDF 1; Regional Council (second round) - percent of vote by party - PS 58.4%, UMP 41.6%; seats by party - PS 29, UMP 12 note: Guadeloupe elects two representatives to the French Senate; elections last held September 2004 (next to be held September 2013); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA, Guadeloupe elects four representatives to the French National Assembly; elections last held 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be held June 2007); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 2, PS 1, different right parties 1

Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique

4 October 1958 (French Constitution)

UPU, WCL, WFTU

no regular military forces

defense is the responsibility of France

$3.513 billion (2003 est.)

$7,900 (2003 est.)

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NA%

$147.8 million f.o.b. (2002)

$1.766 billion c.i.f. (2002)

26.9% (2003)

revenues: $637.7 million expenditures: $680.1 million; including capital expenditures of $112.5 million (2002)

construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism

bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats

452,776 (July 2006 est.)

0.88% (2006 est.)

0-14 years: 23.6% (male 54,725/female 52,348) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 150,934/female 153,094) 65 years and over: 9.2% (male 17,353/female 24,322) (2006 est.)

15.05 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

6.09 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

-0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

total population: 78.06 years male: 74.91 years female: 81.37 years (2006 est.)

black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%

French (official) 99%, Creole patois

Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1%

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90% male: 90% female: 90% (1982 est.)

cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism

0 cu m (2003 est.)

1.165 billion kWh (2003)

none

9 (2006)

total: 947 km (2002)

314,700 (2004)

79,000 (2005)