GRENADA
(Island state of the Caribbean Sea)

Area: 344 sq.km.
Population: 107 317 people (2017)
Capital: St. George's
Telephone code: 473

Flag: national flag consists of the red border surrounding the rectangle divided into two gold and two green triangles. There are seven yellow stars - three on top and three on the lower red bound, and one big star at top of four triangles - represents six arrivals and the island of Karriaku. Yellow nutmeg is presented on a lifting triangle.

ANTHEM: The national anthem beginning "Welcome Grenada, our earth, we promise you".

MONETARY BLOCK: East Caribbean dollar ($ ec) - paper currency in 100 cents. There are coins from 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents and 1 dollar and also banknotes from 5, 10, 20 and 100 East Caribbean dollars. ec of $1 = us of $0,37037 (or us of $1 = ec of $2,7, since 2004).

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: The metric system is used.

HOLIDAYS: New year, on January 1-2; Independence Day, on February 7; Labor Day, on May 1; Thanksgiving Day, on October 25; Christmas, on December 25; Day of gifts, on December 26. Mobile vacation includes Good Friday, Easter Monday and Day of release, the 1st Monday of August.

TIME: 8:00 - 12:00 across Greenwich.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Located about 160 km (100 miles) from Trinidad and 109 km (68 miles) from Saint Vincent, Grenada which includes the manned islands of Grenada, Karriaka and the Brevier Martinique, has the area of 340 sq.km (131 sq. miles). Rather, the area occupied with Grenada is a little less, than the District of Columbia is twice more than Washington. The island of Grenada stretches for 34 km (21 miles) of a не-sw and for 19 km (12 miles) from the North and has the coastline of 121 km (75 miles).
The capital of Grenada, St George, is located on the southwest coast of the island.

TOPOGRAPHY

Volcanic by origin, Grenada very hilly, with the highest peak, the mountain. St Catherine, in the Central uplands, rising up to 840 m (2756 feet). The coastline has spaces with a set of beaches and small gulfs. Several short streams cross a relief. The lake Grandee Etang is formed in a volcano crater at the height of 530 m above sea level.

CLIMATE

The tropical climate is softened with almost constant sea breezes; the prevailing wind from the northeast. Temperatures fluctuate from 24-30 °C (75-87 °F). The annual amount of precipitation fluctuates from 150 cm (60 inches) in northern and southern coastal belts up to 380 cm (150 inches) in the Central uplands. The rainy season is spent to the period from June to December, but during the whole year the rain periodically drops out. Hurricanes represent natural danger, especially during the period from June to November.

FLORA AND FAUNA

The central uplands support a set of forest trees, and many species of tropical flowers and bushes grow on all island. The characteristic wild nature includes to a humming-bird, Tsapok, a pigeon and a wild pigeon; it is also possible to find армадильо, agut and monkeys.