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Pointe-à-Pitre (pwăNtäpē`trə), city (1999 pop. 20,948), Guadeloupe, West Indies. It is on Grande-Terre island at the southern entrance of the Rivière Salée, the narrow, shallow ocean channel that separates Basse-Terre island from Grande-Terre. Pointe-à-Pitre is the largest city and leading port in the department. Its chief exports are bananas, sugar, and rum. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| From February to July 1993, Pierre-Yves Robillard of the University Hospital of Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies, and his colleagues collected information from 957 women who had just delivered a baby in the hospital. Marteen, Pointe a Pitre and Fort de France in the French Caribbean Islands. Georges (Grenada), Roseau (Dominica), Pointe a Pitre (Guadeloupe), and Castries (St. |
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