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Guadeloupe (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d ə ˈ l uː p / [ɡwad(ə)lup] ⓘ; Guadeloupean Creole French: Gwadloup) is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. [4] It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. [5]
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean. In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This ...
Grande-Terre Island (French: île de Grande-Terre / île de la Grande-Terre [ɡʁɑ̃d tɛʁ]; Antillean Creole: Gwanntè or Granntè) is the name of the eastern-half of Guadeloupe proper, in the Lesser Antilles. It is separated from the other half of Guadeloupe island, Basse-Terre, by a narrow sea channel called Rivière Salée (in English ...
The term Country (Pays in French) is sometimes used to designate the typical and traditional characters that have developed in the territory of Marie-Galante. Being designated as a country, according to the terms of the Community of Communes of Marie-Galante, should "allow a better definition and affirmation of the uniqueness and specificity of ...
Terre-de-Haut (French pronunciation: [tɛʁ də ʔo]; Guadeloupean Creole: Tèdého) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, including Terre-de-Haut Island and a few other small uninhabited islands of the archipelago (les Roches Percées; Îlet à Cabrit; Grand-Îlet; la Redonde).
Behind the Smile, Second Edition: The Working Lives of Caribbean Tourism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00129-0. Karen Wilkes (2016). Whiteness, Weddings, and Tourism in the Caribbean: Paradise for Sale. New York : Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137503909. Polly Pattullo (1996). Last Resorts: the Cost of Tourism in the ...
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Terre-de-Haut in Guadeloupe Terre-de-Haut Island ( French pronunciation: [tɛʁ də ʔo] ; Guadeloupean Creole : Tèdého ; also formerly known as Petite Martinique ) is the easternmost island in the Îles des Saintes , part of the archipelago of Guadeloupe .