1985 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1985 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
main crops — cocoa, nutmeg, mace, and bananas
Airfields
3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanentsurface runways, 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Area
344 km2 (Grenada and southern Grenadines); twice the size of Washington, D.C.; 44% cultivated; 17% unused but potentially productive; 12% forest; 4% pasture; 23% built on, waste, and other Water
Branches
bicameral legislature (15-member elected House of Representatives and 13member appointed Senate; executive is Cabinet led by the Prime Minister; judiciary consists of Grenada Supreme Court, composed of the High Court of Justice and twotier Court of Appeals
Budget
(prelim. 1982) revenues, $27 million; expenditures, $62 million
Capital
St. George's •
Civil air
no major transport aircraft
Coastline
121 km People
Communists
the New Jewel Movement, which is currently trying to revitalize, and the less hardline Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement
Elections
last general election held 3 December 1984 Political parties and leaders: the New National Party (NNP) is the ruling party and is a three-party centrist coalition composed of the Grenada National Party (GNP), the National Democratic Party (NDP), and the Grenada Democratic Movement (GDM); former Prime Minister Eric Gairy revived his Grenada United Labor Party (GULP) in 1984; the Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement (MBPM) was formed in May 1984 and is composed of pro-Cuban Socialists; the New Jewel Movement (NJM) consists of supporters of Bernard Coard and other hardliners accused of killing Bishop in 1983
Electric power
12,000 kW capacity (1984); 26 million kWh produced (1984), 300 kWh per capita
Ethnic divisions
mainly of African Negro descent
Exports
$19.1 million (f.o.b., 1983 prelim.); cocoa beans, nutmeg, bananas, mace
Fiscal year
calendar year Communications
GDP
$119 million (1983), $1,337 per capita; real growth rate 2.6% (1983 est.)
Government leaders
Sir Paul SCOON, Governor General (since 1978); Herbert BLAIZE, Prime Minister (since December 1984)
Highways
1,000 km total; 600 km paved, 300 km otherwise improved; 100 km unimproved
Imports
$56.2 million (c.i.f., 1983 prelim.); food, machinery and transport equipment, oil, building materials
Labor force
38,000 (1980 est.); 38% services, 20% agriculture, 11% construction, 4% manufacturing; 27% unemployment
Language
English (official); some French patois
Legal system
based on English common law
Limits of territorial waters (claimed)
12 nm (economic, including fishing, 200 nm)
Literacy
unknown
Major trade partners
exports — 32% UK, 10% FRG, 10% Netherlands (1982); imports—20% US, 19% Trinidad and Tobago, 15% UK (1982)
Member of
CARICOM, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, NAM, OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO Economy
Monetary conversion rate
2.70 East Caribbean dollars=US$l (December 1984)
National holiday
Independence Day, 7 February
Nationality
noun — Grenadian(s); adjective— Grenadian
Official name
Grenada
Organized labor
80% of labor force Government
Political subdivisions
6 parishes
Population
88,000 (July 1985), average annual growth rate —0.4%
Ports
1 major (St. George's), 1 minor
Railroads
none
Religion
largely Roman Catholic; Anglican; other Protestant sects
Suffrage
universal adult
Type
independent state; recognizes Elizabeth II as Chief of State
Voting strength
(1984 election) NNP 59%, GULP 36%, MBPM 5%; parliamentary seats— NNP, 14; GULP, 1