Place:Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe

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NameBasse-Terre
Alt namesMont-Carmelsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeArrondissement
Located inGuadeloupe
Contained Places
Commune
Baie-Mahault
Baillif
Basse-Terre
Bouillante
Deshaies
Saint-Claude
Vieux-Fort
Inhabited place
Capesterre
Gourbeyre
Goyave
Lamentin
Petit Bourg
Pointe Noire
Sainte-Rose
Terre-de-Bas
Terre-de-Haut
Trois Rivières
Vieux Habitants
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Basse-Terre is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.

Although it is the administrative capital, Basse-Terre is only the second largest city in Guadeloupe behind Pointe-à-Pitre. Together with its urban area it had 44,864 inhabitants in 2012 (11,534 of whom lived in the city of Basse-Terre proper).

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