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- Martinique
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- Affiliation:
- (overseas department of France)
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- Martinique
- Geography
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- Location:
- in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela
- Map references:
- Central America and the Caribbean, South America
- Area:
- total area:
- 1,100 km2
- land area:
- 1,060 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 290 km
- Maritime claims:
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- none
- Climate:
- tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October)
- Terrain:
- mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano
- Natural resources:
- coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 10%
- permanent crops:
- 8%
- meadows and pastures:
- 30%
- forest and woodland:
- 26%
- other:
- 26%
- Irrigated land:
- 60 km2 (1989 est.)
- Environment:
- subject to hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity that result in an
- average of one major natural disaster every five years
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- Martinique
- People
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- Population:
- 387,656 (July 1993 est.)
- Population growth rate:
- 1.21% (1993 est.)
- Birth rate:
- 18.07 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
- Death rate:
- 5.94 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
- Net migration rate:
- 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
- Infant mortality rate:
- 10.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth:
- total population:
- 77.82 years
- male:
- 74.68 years
- female:
- 81.01 years (1993 est.)
- Total fertility rate:
- 1.94 children born/woman (1993 est.)
- Nationality:
- noun:
- Martiniquais (singular and plural)
- adjective:
- Martiniquais
- Ethnic divisions:
- African and African-Caucasian-Indian mixture 90%, Caucasian 5%, East Indian,
- Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%
- Religions:
- Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%
- Languages:
- French, Creole patois
- Literacy:
- age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
- total population:
- 93%
- male:
- 92%
- female:
- 93%
- Labor force:
- 100,000
- by occupation:
- service industry 31.7%, construction and public works 29.4%, agriculture
- 13.1%, industry 7.3%, fisheries 2.2%, other 16.3%
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- Martinique
- Government
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- Department of Martinique
- conventional short form:
- Martinique
- local long form:
- Departement de la Martinique
- local short form:
- Martinique
- Digraph:
- MB
- Type:
- overseas department of France
- Capital:
- Fort-de-France
- Administrative divisions:
- none (overseas department of France)
- Independence:
- none (overseas department of France)
- Constitution:
- 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
- Legal system:
- French legal system
- National holiday:
- National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)
- Political parties and leaders:
- Rally for the Republic (RPR); Union for a Martinique of Progress (UMP);
- Martinique Progressive Party (PPM); Socialist Federation of Martinique
- (FSM); Martinique Communist Party (PCM); Martinique Patriots (PM); Union for
- French Democracy (UDF)
- Other political or pressure groups:
- Proletarian Action Group (GAP); Alhed Marie-Jeanne Socialist Revolution
- Group (GRS); Martinique Independence Movement (MIM); Caribbean Revolutionary
- Alliance (ARC); Central Union for Martinique Workers (CSTM), Marc PULVAR;
- Frantz Fanon Circle; League of Workers and Peasants
- Suffrage:
- 18 years of age; universal
- Elections:
- French Senate:
- last held 24 September 1989 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote
- by party NA; seats - (2 total) UDF 1, PPM 1
- French National Assembly:
- last held on 5 and 12 June 1988 (next to be held June 1993); results -
- percent of vote by party NA; seats - (4 total) PPM 1, FSM 1, RPR 1, UDF 1
- General Council:
- last held in 25 September and 8 October 1988 (next to be held by NA);
- results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (44 total) number of seats by
- party NA; note - a leftist coalition obtained a one-seat margin
- Regional Assembly:
- last held on NA March 1992 (next to be held by March 1998); results -
- percent of vote by party NA; seats - (41 total) UMP 16
- Executive branch:
- government commissioner
- Legislative branch:
- unicameral General Council
- Judicial branch:
- Supreme Court
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- Martinique
- Government
- Leaders:
- Chief of State:
- President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981)
- Head of Government:
- Government Commissioner Jean Claude ROURE (since 5 May 1989); President of
- the General Council Emile MAURICE (since NA 1988)
- Member of:
- FZ, WCL
- Diplomatic representation in US:
- as an overseas department of France, Martiniquais interests are represented
- in the US by France
- US diplomatic representation:
- chief of mission:
- Consul General Raymond G. ROBINSON
- embassy:
- Consulate General at 14 Rue Blenac, Fort-de-France
- mailing address:
- B. P. 561, Fort-de-France 97206
- telephone:
- [596] 63-13-03
- Flag:
- the flag of France is used
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- Martinique
- Economy
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- Overview:
- The economy is based on sugarcane, bananas, tourism, and light industry.
- Agriculture accounts for about 10% of GDP and the small industrial sector
- for 10%. Sugar production has declined, with most of the sugarcane now used
- for the production of rum. Banana exports are increasing, going mostly to
- France. The bulk of meat, vegetable, and grain requirements must be
- imported, contributing to a chronic trade deficit that requires large annual
- transfers of aid from France. Tourism has become more important than
- agricultural exports as a source of foreign exchange. The majority of the
- work force is employed in the service sector and in administration. Banana
- workers launched protests late in 1992 because of falling banana prices and
- fears of greater competition in the European market from other producers.
- National product:
- GDP - exchange rate conversion - $2 billion (1988)
- National product real growth rate:
- NA%
- National product per capita:
- $6,000 (1988)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):
- 3.9% (1990)
- Unemployment rate:
- 32.1% (1990)
- Budget:
- revenues $268 million; expenditures $268 million, including capital
- expenditures of $NA (1989 est.)
- Exports:
- $196 million (f.o.b., 1988)
- commodities:
- refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples
- partners:
- France 65%, Guadeloupe 24%, Germany (1987)
- Imports:
- $1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988)
- commodities:
- petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles,
- clothing and other consumer goods
- partners:
- France 65%, UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, US (1987)
- External debt:
- $NA
- Industrial production:
- growth rate NA%
- Electricity:
- 113,100 kW capacity; 588 million kWh produced, 1,580 kWh per capita (1992)
- Industries:
- construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism
- Agriculture:
- including fishing and forestry, accounts for about 12% of GDP; principal
- crops - pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane for
- rum; dependent on imported food, particularly meat and vegetables
- Economic aid:
- Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89),
- $10.1 billion
- Currency:
- 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes
- Exchange rates:
- French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.4812 (January 1993), 5.2938 (1992), 5.6421
- (1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988)
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- Communications
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- Highways:
- 1,680 km total; 1,300 km paved, 380 km gravel and earth
- Ports:
- Fort-de-France
- Airports:
- total:
- 2
- useable:
- 2
- with permanent-surface runways:
- 1
- with runways over 3,659 m:
- 0
- with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
- 1
- with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
- 0
- Telecommunications:
- domestic facilities are adequate; 68,900 telephones; interisland microwave
- radio relay links to Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Saint Lucia; broadcast
- stations - 1 AM, 6 FM, 10 TV; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
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- Defense Forces
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- Branches:
- French Forces, Gendarmerie
- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of France
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