瓜德罗普岛法国,海外部和海外地区,东部西印度群岛。面积:629平方英里(1628平方公里)。人口:2023(美国东部时间)368900年。首都:Basse-Terre城市。它由双岛Basse-Terre和Grande-Terre Salee分离的河流,一条狭窄的通道。直到2007年瓜德罗普还包括Saint-Barthelemy和马尔丹的依赖项(北部三分之二的圣马丁岛),位于西北150英里(240公里)。Basse-Terre城市成立于1643年。首席端口,最大的城市和经济中心是Grande-Terre Pointe-a-Pitre。森林和树木等农作物咖啡Basse-Terre山区比比皆是,而一般低洼Grande-Terre甘蔗种植。加勒比印第安人举行的西班牙和法国几年前的岛屿在1674年成为法国的一部分。 The British occupied Guadeloupe for short periods in the 18th–19th century; the islands became officially French in 1816. In 1946 they were made a department of France. The people of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin voted to secede from Guadeloupe in 2003, and in 2007 those territories became overseas collectivities of France. Tourism is a major part of Guadeloupe’s economy.
