Known as the "country of spices", the output of nutmeg, the main agricultural product, accounts for about one-third of the world's total output, ranking second only to Indonesia.
geographical location
Grenada is located at 12 degrees north latitude and 61 degrees west longitude.
The southernmost of the Windward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, about 160 km south off the coast of Venezuela.
The area is 344 square kilometers. It has a tropical rainforest climate with two seasons a year, with a dry season from January to May and a rainy season from June to December.
It was originally inhabited by Indians.
It was "discovered" by Columbus in 1498, belonged to France in 1650, and was occupied by England in 1762.
In 1763 France ceded Georgia to Britain under the Treaty of Paris and was reoccupied by France in 1779.
It was officially recognized as British possession in 1783 under the Treaty of Versailles and has since become a British colony.
He declared independence on 7 February 1974 and joined the United Nations in the same year.
In March 1979, the New Jewels Movement staged a military coup d'état and established a People's Revolutionary Government, with Bishop as prime minister.
In October 1983, Deputy Prime Minister Kohlde and others staged a coup d'état and killed Prime Minister Bishop and others. On the pretext of protecting its nationals and intervening at the request of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, the United States joined forces with six Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, Dominica and Barbados, to Grenada.
General elections resumed in 1984.
national flag
Opened on February 7, 1974. The flag is rectangular in shape with a length to width ratio of 5:3.
The flag is surrounded by red broad edges of equal width, with three yellow five-pointed stars in each of the upper and lower wide sides; The middle consists of two yellow triangles above and below, and two green triangles on the left and right form a rectangle, with a small red circle in the center and a yellow five-pointed star inside; The green triangle on the left has a nutmeg pattern.
Red symbolizes the spirit of fraternity of the people of the country, green symbolizes the island's agriculture and rich plant resources, and yellow symbolizes the country's abundant sunshine.
The seven five-pointed stars represent the seven dioceses of the country, and the majority of the country's inhabitants are Catholic; The nutmeg pattern represents the country's specialties.
National anthem: "Hurray Grenada"
Capital: St. George
Population: 114,000 (2022)
Language: English
Currency: East Caribbean dollar
Total GDP: $1.12 billion (2021)
GDP per capita: $9,860 (2021)
Diplomatic relations with China: diplomatic relations were established in 1985, suspended in 1989, and resumed in 2005.