Guadeloupe Facts and Tourism

A collection of facts, general information and travel resources for Guadeloupe visitors and residents.

NAME IN ENGLISH: Guadeloupe
NAME IN GUADELOUPEAN CREOLE FRENCH: Gwadloup
STATUS: overseas department of France
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: French
ALSO COMMONLY SPOKEN: Antillean Creole / Guadeloupean Creole French
LOCATION: Lesser Angilles, Caribbean
CAPITAL CITY: Basse-Terre City (Bass-Terre Island)
MAIN BUSINESS CENTER: Point-a-Pitre (Grand Terre Island)
MOST POPULATED CITY: Les Abymes (Grand Terre Island)
GOVERNMENT WEB SITES: | guadeloupe.gouv.fr | regionguadeloupe.fr |
POPULATED ISLANDS AND ISLAND GROUPS:
- Basse-Terre
- Grande-Terre
- Marie-Galante
- La Desirade
- Iles des Saintes

Tourism:
- Do It In The Americas: Guadeloupe Guide
- guadeloupe-islands.com
- lesilesdeguadeloupe.com
- france.fr - destination - guadeloupe
- lonelyplanet.com - guadeloupe
- wikipedia.org - tourism in guadeloupe - category
- wikitravel.org - guadeloupe
- wikivoyage.org - guadeloupe

Foods:
- regionguadeloupe.fr - guadeloupoe: a land of cultures and flavours

Facts
- BBC Guadeloupe Country Profile
- World Fact Book 1982 Guadeloupe Profile
- World Fact Book 1990 Guadeloupe Profile
- World Fact Book 2004 Guadeloupe Profile
- wikipedia.org - guadeloupe - main article
- wikipedia.org - guadeloupe - more articles
- wikipedia.org - guadeloupe - category
- wikipedia.org - guadeloupe - lists

Countries Bordering Guadeloupe:
| Antigua and Barbuda | Dominica | Monserrat |

Bodies of Water Bordering Guadeloupe:
- Caribbean Sea