1986 Edition

Agriculture

arable areas largely in hay; sheep grazing; garden produce

main crops — cocoa, nutmeg, mace, and bananas

Airfields

10 total, 7 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways, 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 1 with runways 1, 220-2,439 m

Area

manufacturing, 31% other; 35-40% unemployment (1985)

Branches

legislative authority rests jointly with the elected 25-seat Landsting and Danish parliament; executive power vested in Premier and four-person council; 19 lower courts

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

Royal Grenada Police Force

Budget

(1984 est.) revenues, $32 million; expenditures, $61 million

Capital

Godthab (Nuuk)

St. George's

Civil air

2 major transport aircraft

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

held every four years; most recent, 6 June 1984

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 Sir Eric Gairy revived his Grenada United Labor Party (GULP) in 1984; Grenada Democratic Labor Party (GDLP) formed by Marcel Peters, the only opposition member of parliament, who was elected as a GULP candidate but changed parties after he assumed his seat in the House of Representatives; 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

84,000 kW capacity (1985); 168 million kWh produced (1985), 3,170 kWh per capita

1 1,000 kW capacity (1985); 23 million kWh produced (1985), 261 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

mainly of black African descent

Exports

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

$18.9 million (f.o.b., 1983); cocoa beans, nutmeg, bananas, mace

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

calendar year Communications

Fishing

catch 105,830 tons (1982); exports $108.6 million (1980)

GDP

$86.8 million (1984 est), $940 per capita; real growth rate 0.6% (1984 est.); average inflation rate 5% (1984 est.)

GNP

included in that of Denmark

Government leaders

MARGRETHE II, Queen (since January 1972); Jonathan MOTZFELDT, Prime Minister (since May 1979)

Sir Paul SCOON, Governor General (since 1978); Herbert BLAIZE, Prime Minister (since December 1984)

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

$55.6 million (c.i.f., 1983); food, machinery and transport equipment, oil, building materials

Infant mortality rate

16.7/1,000(1985)

Labor force

36,000 (1985); 31 % services, 24% agriculture, 8% construction, 5%

Language

English (official); some French patois

Legal system

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

based on English common law

Life expectancy

69

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

12 nm (200 nm exclusive economic zone)

Literacy

85%

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 — 35% UK, 9% FRG, 6% Netherlands, 6% US, (1984 est); imports— 17% US, 17% Trinidad and Tobago, 20% UK (1983)

Member of

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

Military manpower

included with Denmark ^TCarriacou Caribbean A & . Caribbean Sea .SAINT GEORGE'S ^Grenada See regional mip III Land 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

Monetary conversion rate

8.915 Danish Kroner=US$l (December 1985 average)

2.70 East Caribbean dollars=US$l (December 1985)

National holiday

Independence Day, 7 February

Nationality

noun — Grenadian(s); adjective— Grenadian

Natural resources

zinc, lead, iron ore, coal, molybdenum, cryolite, uranium, fish

Official name

Greenland

Grenada

Organized labor

80% of labor force Government

Other political or pressure group

Grenada Democratic Labor Party (GDLP) is the official opposition

Political parties

Siumut, 1 1 seats (moderate socialist, advocating more distinct Greenland identity and greater autonomy from Denmark); Atassut Party, 1 1 seats (more conservative, favors continuing close relations with Denmark); Inuit Ataqatigiit, 3 seats (Marxist-Leninist party favoring complete independence from Denmark rather than home rule) Economy

Political subdivisions

3 counties, 18 communes

6 parishes

Population

86,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate —0.5%

Ports

1 major, 9 minor, 7 secondary

1 major (St. George's), 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; 17,900 telephones (31.0 per 100 popl.); 7 AM, 24 FM, 9 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 (5.1 per 100 popl.); new SHF links to Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent; VHP and UHF links to Trinidad and Carriacou; 1 AM station, 1 TV station Defense Forces

Type

self-governing province of Kingdom of Denmark; two representatives in Danish parliament; separate Minister for Greenland in the Danish Cabinet (Ministry to be phased out during 1986-87)

independent state; recognizes Elizabeth II as Chief of State

Voting strength

(1984 election) NNP 59%, GULP 36%, MBPM 5%; parliamentary seats— NNP, 14; GDLP, 1