Official name: Grenada
Capital city: Saint George’s
Internet country code: .gd
Flag description: 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 represent the seven administrative divisions
National anthem: “Hail! Grenada, land of ours” (first line)
Geographical description: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Total area: 133 sq. mi. (344 sq. km.)
Climate: Tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Nationality: noun: Grenadian(s); adjective: Grenadian
Population: 89,971 (July 2007 CIA est.)
Ethnic groups: African 82%, mixed African and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of
Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Languages spoken: English (official), French patois
Religions: Roman Catholic 44%; Anglican 12%; Pentecostal 11%; Seventh-Day Adventist 11%; Methodist, Presbyterian, Church of God, Baptist, and Evangelical more than 2%; Jehovah’s Witnesses, Brethren, Baha’i, Hindu, Moravian, Muslim, Rastafarian, and Salvation Army 1% or less; none 4%
an island in the Atlantic Ocean, the southernmost of the Lesser Antilles. Area, 340 sq km; population, 103,000 (1968). Grenada was a British possession, having the legal status of “a state associated with Great Britain”; it became independent in February 1974. The island is of volcanic origin and has several volcanic peaks rising to 840 m. Its climate is rainy-and-dry tropical and marine, with an average monthly temperature of approximately 26° C and an average annual rainfall of more than 1,500 mm; it has rainy tropical and evergreen forests. The main food crops are cocoa, nutmeg, sugarcane, and bananas. The principal city and port is St. George’s. Grenada was discovered by Columbus in 1498.