Martinique
French owerseas region an depairtment, an island in the Lesser Antilles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Martinique (/ˌmɑːtɪˈniːk/, MAR-tin-EEK; French pronunciation: [maʁtinik]; Martinican Creole: Matnik or Matinik) is an island in the Lesser Antilles in the eastren Caribbean Sea, wi a land aurie o 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi). Like Guadeloupe, it is an owerseas region o Fraunce, consistin o a single owerseas depairtment. Tae the northwast lees Dominica, tae the sooth St Lucia, an tae the sootheast Barbados.
Martinique | |
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Owerseas region an depairtment o Fraunce | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Prefectur | Fort-de-France |
Departments | 1 |
Govrenment | |
• Preses | Alfred Marie-Jeanne |
Area | |
• Total | 1128 km2 (436 sq mi) |
Population (2007-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 403,795 |
• Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-04 (ECT) |
ISO 3166 code | MQ |
GDP (2008)[2] | Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}} |
Tot | €7.9 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn) |
Per capita | €19,607 (US${{{GDP_per_capita_US$}}}) |
NUTS Region | FR9 |
Website | Prefecture |
As wi the ither overseas depairtments, Martinique is ane o the twinty-seiven regions o Fraunce (being an owerseas region) an an integral pairt o the Republic. The first European tae encoonter the island wis Christopher Columbus in 1493.
As pairt o Fraunce, Martinique is pairt o the European Union, an its currency is the Euro. Its offeecial leid is French, although mony o its inhabitants speak Martinican Creole (kwéyol matniké or kréyol matiniké) an aw.