Guadeloupe

CapitalBasse-Terre

CurrencyEUR · euro

Since1946

ISOGLP · GP

Population

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— THE COUNTRY —

Overseas department and region of France

Guadeloupe and Gwadloup is an overseas department and region of the French Republic in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—and 30 uninhabited islets and 3 inhabited islets. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and north of Dominica. The capital city is Basse-Terre, on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 395,726 in 2024.

Text: Wikipedia — GuadeloupeCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-29

— FACTS —

Capital: Basse-Terre
Currency: euro (EUR)
Drives on the: Right
Calling code: +590
Top-level domain: .gp
Independence / founding: 21 Mar 1946
Highest point: Soufrière (1,467 m)

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02

The World Bank does not publish figures for Guadeloupe, so this note carries no economic or social statistics.

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Anthem

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Capital time

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Neighbours

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Landmarks

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People

Ludovic GotinGuadeloupean footballer

Junior SennevilleGuadeloupean footballer

Teddy BartoucheGuadeloupean footballer

Isaac Cossierfootballer

Stevan Sibaassociation football player

History

21 Mar 1946Guadeloupe — founding / independence (Wikidata)

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