1983 Edition

Agriculture

arable areas largely in hay; sheep grazing; garden produce

main crops — cocoa, nutmeg, mace, and bananas

Airfields

9 total, 6 usable; 4 with permanentsurface runways; 2 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanentsurface runways, 1 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Branches

legislative authority rests jointly with the elected 26-seat Landsting and Danish parliament; executive power vested in Premier and four-person council; 19 lower courts

following the end of the Maurice Bishop regime in October 1983, the 1973 Grenadian Constitution was reinstated; Governor General Sir Paul Scoon assumed authority and on 9 November 1983 appointed a nine-member Interim Advisory Council to govern until elections can be held

Royal Grenada Police Force

Budget

(prelim. 1982) revenues, $27 million; expenditures, $62 million

Capital

Godthab (Nuuk)

St. Georges

Civil air

2 major transport aircraft

no major transport aircraft

Coastline

121 km People

Communists

the New Jewel Movement, which is currently in disarray

Elections

held every four years

planned for late 1984; last general election 7 December 1976 Political parties and leaders: still in the process of formation in preparation for elections; the Grenada National Democratic Party is organizing; Grenada Democratic Movement, a former exile organization, is in the process of reorganizing; some old parties are reemerging (Grenada National Party, [GNP], Grenada United Labor Party[GULP]); New Jewel Movement (NJM) in disarray, but discussions by former members of the Bishop government are under way to revive the party

Electric power

80,000 kW capacity (1983); 168 million kWh produced (1983), 3,235 kWh per capita

9,000 kW capacity (1983); 25 million kWh produced (1983), 225 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

mainly of African Negro descent

Exports

$168.4 million (f.o.b., 1980); fish and fish products, metallic ores and concentrates

$18.6 million (f.o.b., 1982 prelim.); cocoa beans, nutmeg, bananas, mace

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

calendar year Communications

Fishing

catch 89,576 tons (1980); exports $108.6 million (1980)

GDP

$119 million (1983), $870 per capita; real growth rate 2.6% (1983 est.)

GNP

included in that of Denmark

Government leaders

MARGRETHE II, Queen; Jonathan MOTZFELDT, Premier

Sir Paul SCOON, Governor General; Nicholas BRATHWAITE, Chairman, Interim Advisory Council

Highways

80 km

1,000 km total; 600 km paved, 300 km otherwise improved; 100 km unimproved

Imports

$259.4 million (c.i.f., 1980); petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and transport equipment, food products

$71.3 million (c.i.f., 1982 prelim.); food, machinery and transport equipment, oil, building materials

Labor force

38,000 (1980 est); 38% services, 20% agriculture, 11% construction, 4% manufacturing; 27% unemployment

Language

English (official); some French patois

Legal system

based on English common law

Legal system

Danish law; transformed from colony to province in 1953; limited home rule began in spring 1979

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

12 nm (economic, including fishing, 200 nm)

Literacy

unknown

Major industries

mining, fishing, sealing

Major trade partners

(1980) Denmark 49.4%, Finland 9.5%, FRG 8.1%, US 6.3%, UK 2.9%

exports — 32% UK, 10% FRG, 10% Netherlands (1982); imports—20% US, 19% Trinidad and Tobago, 15% UK (1982)

Member of

CARICOM, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, NAM, OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO Economy

Military manpower

included with Denmark Land 344 km2 (Grenada and southern Grenadines); 44% cultivated; 17% unused but potentially productive; 12% forest; 4% pasture; 23% built on, waste, and other Water

Monetary conversion rate

9.670 Danish Kroner=US$l (November 1983)

2.70 East Caribbean dollars= US$1 (February 1984)

National holiday

Independence Day, 7 February

Nationality

noun — Grenadian(s); adjective — Grenadian

Official name

Grenada

Organized labor

80% of labor force

Political parties

Siumut, 12 seats (moderate socialist, advocating more distinct Greenland identity and greater autonomy from Denmark); the Atassut Party, 12 seats (more conservative, favors continuing close relations with Denmark); Inuit Atagatigik, 2 seats (Marxist-Leninist party favoring complete independence from Denmark rather than home rule) Economy

Political subdivisions

3 counties, 19 com-

6 parishes

Population

113,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate 1.3%

Ports

7 major, 16 minor

1 major (St. Georges), 1 minor

Railroads

none

none

Religion

largely Roman Catholic; Anglican; other Protestant sects

Suffrage

universal, but not compulsory, over age 21

universal adult

Telecommunications

adequate domestic and international service provided by cables and radio relay; 15,300 telephones (30.9 per 100 popl.); 9 AM, 13 FM, and 4 TV stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station Defense Forces Defense is responsibility of Denmark

automatic, islandwide telephone system with 5,650 telephones (5.4 per 100 popl.); new SHF links to Trinidad and St. Vincent; VHF and UHF links to Trinidad and Carriacou; 2 AM stations, 1 TV station Defense Forces

Type

independent state; recognizes Elizabeth II as Chief of State

Voting strength

(1976 election) GULP 51.7%, Peoples' Alliance Party, 48.3%; Legislative Council seats— GULP, 9; Peoples' Alliance Party, 6 (NJM 3, United People's Party 1, GNP 1, unaffiliated 1)