Geography of Grenada

Grenada

Nickname: The Spice Isle
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Geography
Location	Caribbean Sea
Coordinates	12°07′N 61°40′W / 12.117°N 61.667°W / 12.117; -61.667
Archipelago	Grenadines
Area	344.5 km2 (133.0 sq mi)
Length	21 km (13 mi)
Width	12 km (7.5 mi)
Coastline	121 km (75.2 mi)
Highest elevation	870 m (2850 ft)
Highest point	Mount St. Catherine
Administration
Grenada
Largest settlement	St. George's (pop. 7,500)
Demographics
Population	109,100 (2012)
Pop. density	313/km2 (811/sq mi)
Languages	English (official), Grenadian Creole
Ethnic groups	Blacks 82% Mulatto 12% South Asians (Indo-Grenadians) 3% and whites 2.9%, trace Arawak/Carib Amerindian

Grenada is an island country located between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located at 12°07′N 61°40′W / 12.117°N 61.667°W / 12.117; -61.667. There are no large inland bodies of water on the island, which consists entirely of the state of Grenada. The coastline is 121 km long. The island has 15 constituencies and speaks English and Grenadian Creole. It is volcanic in origin and its topography is mountainous.

Natural resources include timber, tropical fruit and deepwater harbours.

Grenada and its largely uninhabited outlying territories are the most southerly of the Windward Islands.^[1] The Grenadine Islands chain consists of some 600 islets; those south of the Martinique Channel belong to Grenada, while those north of the channel are part of the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.^[1] Located about 160 kilometers north of Venezuela, at approximately 12° north latitude and 61° west longitude, Grenada and its territories occupy a small area of 433 square kilometers.^[1] Grenada, known as the Spice Isle because of its production of nutmeg and mace, is the largest at 310 square kilometers, or about the size of the city of Detroit.^[1] The island is oval shaped and framed by a jagged southern coastline; its maximum width is thirty-four kilometers, and its maximum length is nineteen kilometers.^[1] St. George's, the capital and the nation's most important harbour, is favorably situated near a lagoon on the southwestern coast.^[1] Of all the islands belonging to Grenada, only two are of consequence: Carriacou, with a population of a few thousand, and its neighbour Petit Martinique, roughly 40 kilometers northeast of Grenada and populated by some 700 inhabitants.^[1]