Martinique
| Martinique | |
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| — Overseas region o Fraunce — | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Fort-de-France |
| Depairtments | 1 |
| Govrenment | |
| - Preses | Serge Letchimy |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 1,128 km2 (435.5 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2007-01-01)[1] | |
| - Tot | 403,795 |
| - Densitie | 358/km2 (927.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | ECT (UTC-04) |
| ISO 3166 code | MQ |
| GDP/ Nominal | € 7.9 billion (2008)[2] |
| GDP per capita | € 19,607 (2008)[1] |
| NUTS Region | FR9 |
| Wabsteid | Prefecture, Region, Department |
Martinique (French pronunciation: [maʁtinik]) is an island in the Lesser Antilles in the eastren Caribbean Sea, wi a land aurie o 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi). Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region o Fraunce, consistin o a single owerseas depairtment. Tae the northwast lees Dominica, tae the sooth St Lucia, an tae the sootheast Barbados.
As wi the ither overseas depairtments, Martinique is ane o the twinty-seiven regions o Fraunce (being an owerseas region) an an integral pairt o the Republic. The first European tae encoonter the island wis Christopher Columbus in 1493.
As pairt o Fraunce, Martinique is pairt o the European Union, an its currency is the Euro. Its offeecial leid is French, although mony o its inhabitants speak Antillean Creole (Créole Martiniquais) an aw.
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (French) INSEE. INSEE Martinique.
- ↑ (French) IEDOM. L’Institut d’Émission des Départements d’Outre-mer, rapport 2009 Martinique.
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