Place:Martinique

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NameMartinique
Alt namesDepartment of Martiniquesource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VII, 892-893
DOMsource: Wikipedia
Département de la Martiniquesource: Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 666; Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VII, 892-893
French West Indiessource: Family History Library Catalog
La Martiniquesource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 573
Martinicasource: Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) p 871
Martiniquansource: Oxford English Dictionary [online] accessed 20 January 2004
TypeDependent state
Coordinates14.667°N 61°W
Contained Places
Arrondissement
Fort-de-France
La Trinité
Le Marin
Saint Pierre
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Martinique (; or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It has a land area of and a population of 364,508 inhabitants as of January 2019. One of the Windward Islands, it is directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of Barbados and south of Dominica. Martinique is also an Outermost Region (OMR) of the European Union and a special territory of the European Union; the currency in use is the euro. Virtually the entire population speaks both French (the sole official language) and Martinican Creole.

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