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Pointe-a-Pitre

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Pointe-à-Pitre 

a city and major economic center of the French possession of Guadeloupe in the West Indies. Population, 29,500 (1967); port on the Caribbean Sea. There is sugar production in Pointe-à-Pitre. Exports include sugar, rum, and tropical fruits.



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The prefecture said a store and a car in Pointe-a-Pitre were set ablaze and four people arrested nearby.
To look at Guadeloupe on a map and it looks butterfly wings connected by a bridge, and is in fact two islands, and the more north east wing is Grande-Terre, where Pointe-a-Pitre the main centre for commerce and the main seaport is to be found.
Watched by tens of thousands of spectators, Derbyshire-born MacArthur sailed across the Pointe-a-Pitre finish line to win the 60ft monohull class of the race in 13 days, 13 hours and 47 minutes.
 
 
 
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