One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year.

Locatie: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Geografische coordinaten: 12° 7' N, 61° 40' W
Kustlijn km: 121 km km
Klimaat: tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Terrein: volcanic in origin with central mountains
Hoogte: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Natuurlijke gevaren: lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November
Valuta: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Populatie: 89,502 (July 2005 est.)
Talen: English (official), French patois
Hoofdstad: Saint George's
Provincies: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick

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