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格林纳达
概 况
General
国 名:格林纳达
Official Name: Grenada
国 旗:七颗星象征全国的七个教区。红色象征全国人民的友爱精神,绿色象征农业和丰富的植物资源,黄色象征该国有充足的阳光。左侧的肉豆蔻图案表示该国的特产。
National Flag: The national flag (proportions 2 by 1) consists of a
diagonally-quartered rectangle (yellow in the upper and lower
segments, green in the right and left ones) surrounded by a red border
bearing six five-pointed yellow stars (three at the upper edge of the
flag, and three at the lower edge). There is a red disc, ccontaining a
large five-pointed yellow star, in the centre, and a representation of
nutmen (in the Yellow and red) on the green segment near the hoist.
国 徽:盾面中心的帆船象征1498年8月15日哥伦布船队抵达格林纳达。盾面左上角和右下角的狮子象征该国与英国的联系。右上角和左下角的百合花和月亮象征大多数居民信奉天主教。盾徽上端饰以花冠。左侧的灰色犰狳和右侧的红睛蓝鸽代表该国特有的动物。绶带上写着“顺从上帝的意旨,我们从事建设,如同一个人前进。”
地理位置:格林纳达位于东加勒比海向风群岛的最南端,由主岛格林纳达和卡里亚库岛、小马提尼克岛等小岛屿组成,南距委内瑞拉海岸大约160公里。
Location: Located in the southernmost of the Windward Islands in the
eastern Caribbean Sea, Grenada consists of a main island and a number
of smaller islands including Carriacou and Petit Martinique. Venezuela
lies about 160 km. to Grenada's south.
面 积:344平方公里
土地利用-耕地占32.4%,永久牧场占2.9%,森林和林地占8.8%,其他(主要是火山)占55.9%;人均耕地0.4英亩;海岸线长-121公里。
Area: 344 sq. km.
land use- 32.4% cropland, 2.9% permanent pasture, 8.8% forests
and woodland, 55.9% other (mostly volcanic); arable land per capita
0.4 acre; coastline- 121 km.
人 口:9.4万(2000估计数字)。
密度-每平方公里272.9人(2000年);年增长率0.7%;平均寿命71.3岁(1998年)。
Population: 94,000 (2000 estimate)
density- 272.9 inhabs. per sq. km.(2000); growth rate per year-
0.7% ; avg. life expectancy- 71.3 years (1998).
首 都:圣乔治;人口8,700人。
Capital: St. George's; Pop.- 8,700.
时 差:比格林尼治时间晚4小时;比北京时间晚12小时。
Time: 4 hours later than GMT; 12 hours later than Beijing Time.
语 言:英语为官方语言。
Language: English is the official language.
民 族:黑人占84%,混血种人占12%,印第安人占3%,白人占1%。
Ethnic Composition: Black 84%, mixed 12%, Indian 3%, white 1%.
宗 教:天主教占64.4%,基督教新教占34.5%,其它宗教占1.1%。
Religion: Roman Catholic 64.4%, Protestant 34.5%, other 1.1%.
货 币:1东加勒比元=100分;1美元=2.70东加勒比元(1976年以来固定汇率)。
Currency: 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$)=100 cents; 1 U.S.
dollar=EC$2.70 (fixed rate since 1976).
节 日(2001年):新年(1月1日)、独立日(2月7日)、耶稣受难日(4月13日)、复活节(4月16日)、劳动节(5月7日)、圣神降临节(6月4日)、基督圣体节(6月14日)、解放节(8月6-7日)、感恩节(10月25日)、圣诞节(12月25日-26日)。
Holidays (2001): Jan. 1 (New Year's Day), Feb. 7 (Independence Day),
Apr. 13 (Good Friday), Apr. 16 (Easter Monday), May 7 (Labour Day),
Jun. 4 (Whit Monday), Jun. 14 (Corpus Christi), Aug. 6-7 (Emancipation
Days), Oct. 25 (Thanksgiving Day), Dec. 25-26 (Christmas).
行政区划:全国设7个区
区:卡里亚库、圣安德鲁、圣戴维、圣乔治、圣约翰、圣马克、圣帕特里克。
Administrative Districts: 7 Parishes.
Parishes: Carriacou, St. Andrew, St. David, St. George's, St.
John, St. Mark, St. Patrick..
主要城市:乔治。
Major Locality: St. George's.
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