Guadeloupe Political Map 2006
Guadeloupe is an archipelago of the Caribbean made up of seven islands, forming a region and a French overseas department. The main butterfly-shaped part is made up of two islands: Grande-Terre to the east and Basse-Terre to the west, separated by an arm of the sea, called “Rivière Salée”.
Administratively, Guadeloupe is a French department, a mono-departmental region of the French Overseas Territories and an outermost European region, of the French Antilles; its official departmental code is "971". It is a member of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Guadeloupe, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, is located 575 km north of the coasts of Venezuela in South America, 205 km east of the Île de Aves, 739 km east-southeast of the Dominican Republic, 2,176 km east-southeast of Miami (United States) and 6,732 km from Paris.
The region is made up of several islands and islets: mainland Guadeloupe (Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre) and its dependencies: the island of Marie-Galante, the archipelago of Saintes composed mainly of Terre-de-Haut and Terre-de-Bas, Désirade and uninhabited islets.
Administratively, Guadeloupe is a French department, a mono-departmental region of the French Overseas Territories and an outermost European region, of the French Antilles; its official departmental code is "971". It is a member of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Guadeloupe, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, is located 575 km north of the coasts of Venezuela in South America, 205 km east of the Île de Aves, 739 km east-southeast of the Dominican Republic, 2,176 km east-southeast of Miami (United States) and 6,732 km from Paris.
The region is made up of several islands and islets: mainland Guadeloupe (Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre) and its dependencies: the island of Marie-Galante, the archipelago of Saintes composed mainly of Terre-de-Haut and Terre-de-Bas, Désirade and uninhabited islets.