Grenada
from: Rick Moore
Grenada (French: La Grenade),
is an island country consisting of Grenada itself and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Grenada is also known as the "Island of Spice" because of the production of nutmeg and mace crops, of which it is one of the world's largest exporters.
About 2 million years ago, Grenada was formed as an underwater volcano. Before the arrival of Europeans, Grenada was inhabited by Caribs who had driven the more peaceful Arawaks from the island. Christopher Columbus sighted Grenada in 1498 during his third voyage to the new world.
The islands are of volcanic origin with extremely rich soil. Grenada's interior is very mountainous with Mount St. Catherine being the highest at 840 m (2,760 ft). Several small rivers with beautiful waterfalls flow into the sea from these mountains.
The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada dove.
Grenada is also known as the "Island of Spice" because of the production of nutmeg and mace crops, of which it is one of the world's largest exporters.
About 2 million years ago, Grenada was formed as an underwater volcano. Before the arrival of Europeans, Grenada was inhabited by Caribs who had driven the more peaceful Arawaks from the island. Christopher Columbus sighted Grenada in 1498 during his third voyage to the new world.
The islands are of volcanic origin with extremely rich soil. Grenada's interior is very mountainous with Mount St. Catherine being the highest at 840 m (2,760 ft). Several small rivers with beautiful waterfalls flow into the sea from these mountains.
The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada dove.
( some photos were taken from the net )
Granada (em inglês: Grenada; em francês: La Grenade),
é um país caribenho constituído pela ilha homónima e pela metade sul das ilhas Granadinas, das quais a maior é Carriacou. Tem fronteira marítima com São Vicente e Granadinas, a nordeste, e está também próxima de Trinidad e Tobago, a sudeste, e da Venezuela, a sudoeste.
Por volta do século XV, os índios caribes expulsaram da ilha seus primitivos povoadores, o aruaques. Granada foi descoberta em 15 de agosto de 1498 por Cristóvão Colombo que lhe deu o nome de Concepción
De origem vulcânica, Granada é atravessada de norte a sul por uma cadeia de montanhas cujo ponto culminante está no monte Saint Catherine, de 840m de altitude. O Grande Estanque, no centro da ilha, é um lago que ocupa a cratera de vulcão extinto, a 530m de altitude. A costa norte tem muitas praias, e a do sul numerosas enseadas, que formam portos naturais.
Por volta do século XV, os índios caribes expulsaram da ilha seus primitivos povoadores, o aruaques. Granada foi descoberta em 15 de agosto de 1498 por Cristóvão Colombo que lhe deu o nome de Concepción
De origem vulcânica, Granada é atravessada de norte a sul por uma cadeia de montanhas cujo ponto culminante está no monte Saint Catherine, de 840m de altitude. O Grande Estanque, no centro da ilha, é um lago que ocupa a cratera de vulcão extinto, a 530m de altitude. A costa norte tem muitas praias, e a do sul numerosas enseadas, que formam portos naturais.
( algumas fotos foram retiradas da net )
Capital / Capital
St. George's
Oficial Languages / Língua Oficial
English / Grenadian Creole English / Grenadian Creole French
Currency / Moeda
East Caribbean dollar
St. George's
Oficial Languages / Língua Oficial
English / Grenadian Creole English / Grenadian Creole French
Currency / Moeda
East Caribbean dollar
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English
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