]! ^! One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year. 
]" ^" Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago ^# 12 07 N, 61 40 W ^$ Central America and the Caribbean ^% `! 344 sq km `" 344 sq km `# 0 sq km ^& twice the size of Washington, DC ^' 0 km ^( 121 km ^) `$ 12 nm `I 200 nm ^* tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds ^+ volcanic in origin with central mountains ^, `% Caribbean Sea 0 m `& Mount Saint Catherine 840 m ^- timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors ^. `' 5.88% `( 29.41% `) 64.71% (2001) ^/ NA sq km ^0 lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November ^1 NA _J `K Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling `L none of the selected agreements ^2 the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada 
]# ^3 89,502 (July 2005 est.) ^4 `* 33.9% (male 15,329/female 14,997) `+ 62.7% (male 29,711/female 26,436) `, 3.4% (male 1,431/female 1,598) (2005 est.) ^5 `! 21.26 years `- 21.73 years `. 20.76 years (2005 est.) ^6 0.19% (2005 est.) ^7 22.3 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) ^8 7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) ^9 -13.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) ^: `/ 1 male(s)/female `0 1.02 male(s)/female `+ 1.12 male(s)/female `, 0.9 male(s)/female `1 1.08 male(s)/female (2005 est.) ^; `! 14.62 deaths/1,000 live births `- 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births `. 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) ^< `1 64.53 years `- 62.74 years `. 66.31 years (2005 est.) ^= 2.37 children born/woman (2005 est.) ^> NA ^? NA ^@ NA ^A `2 Grenadian(s) `3 Grenadian ^B black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian ^C Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2% ^D English (official), French patois ^E `M age 15 and over can read and write `1 98% `- 98% `. 98% (1970 est.) 
]$ ^F `4 none `5 Grenada ^H constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament ^I Saint George's ^J 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick ^K 7 February 1974 (from UK) ^L Independence Day, 7 February (1974) ^M 19 December 1973 ^N based on English common law ^O 18 years of age; universal ^P `6 Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996) `7 Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June 1995) `8 Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister `9 none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general ^Q bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) `9 last held on 27 November 2003 (next to be held by November 2008) `: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NNP 8, NDC 7 ^R West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada) ^S Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Gloria Payne BANFIELD]; National Democratic Congress or NDC [Tillman THOMAS]; New National Party or NNP [Keith MITCHELL]; People Labor Movement or PLM [Dr. Francis ALEXIS] ^T NA ^U ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO ^V `N Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE `O 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 `P [1] (202) 265-2561 `Q [1] (202) 265-2468 `R New York ^W `N the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada `Z Lance-aux-Epines Stretch, Saint George's `[ P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, West Indies `P [1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176 `Q [1] (473) 444-4820 ^X 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 
]% ^Y Grenada relies on tourism as its main source of foreign exchange, especially since the construction of an international airport in 1985. Strong performances in construction and manufacturing, together with the development of an offshore financial industry, have also contributed to growth in national output. ^Z $440 million (2002 est.) ^[ 2.5% (2002 est.) ^\ purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2002 est.) ^] `; 7.7% `< 23.9% `= 68.4% (2000) ^^ 42,300 (1996) ^_ agriculture 24%, industry 14%, services 62% (1999 est.) ^` 12.5% (2000) ^a 32% (2000) _! `> NA `? NA _" 2.8% (2001 est.) _# `@ $85.8 million `A $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997) _$ bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables _% food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction _& 0.7% (1997 est.) _' 149 million kWh (2002) _( 138.6 million kWh (2002) _) 0 kWh (2002) _* 0 kWh (2002) _+ 0 bbl/day (2001 est.) _, 1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.) _- NA _. NA _/ $46 million (2002 est.) _0 bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace _1 Saint Lucia 12.7%, US 12.2%, Antigua and Barbuda 8.7%, Netherlands 7.9%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.8%, Dominica 7.8%, Germany 7.1%, France 4.6% (2004) _2 $208 million (2002 est.) _3 food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel _4 Trinidad and Tobago 29.6%, US 27.8%, UK 4.8% (2004) _5 $196 million (2000) _6 $8.3 million (1995) _7 East Caribbean dollar (XCD) _8 East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000) _9 calendar year 
]& _: 33,500 (2002) _; 7,600 (2002) _< `B automatic, islandwide telephone system `C interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links `D country code - 1-473; new SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad _= AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998) _> 2 (1997) _? .gd _@ 18 (2003) _A 15,000 (2002) 
]' _B `! 1,040 km `E 638 km `F 402 km (1999 est.) _C Saint George's _D 3 (2004 est.) _E `! 3 `G 1 `^ 1 `T 1 (2004 est.) 
]( _F no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force _N NA _O NA 
]) _H none _I small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for marijuana and cocaine to US 