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saint george's administrative divisions: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; carriacou and petit martinique*. saint andrew. saint david. saint george. saint john. saint mark. saint patrick independence: 7 february 1974 (from uk) national holiday: independence day. 7 february (1974) constitution: 19 december 1973 legal system: based on english common law suffrage: 18 years of age; universal executive branch: chief of state: queen elizabeth ii (since 6 february 1952). represented by governor general daniel williams (since 9 august 1996) head of government: prime minister keith mitchell (since 22 june 1995) cabinet: cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections. the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general legislative branch: bicameral parliament consists of the senate (a 13-member body. 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the house of representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 27 november 2003 (next to be held by november 2008) election results: house of representatives - percent of vote by party - na%; seats by party - nnp 8. ndc 7 judicial branch: west indies associate states supreme court (an associate judge resides in grenada) political parties and leaders: grenada united labor party or gulp [gloria payne banfield]; national democratic congress or ndc [tillman thomas]; new national party or nnp [keith mitchell]; people labor movement or plm [dr. francis alexis] political pressure groups and leaders: na international organization participation: acp. c. caricom. cdb. fao. g-77. ibrd. icao. icftu. icrm. ida. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iso (subscriber). itu. miga. nam. oas. oecs. opanal. opcw. un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. who. wipo. wmo. wto diplomatic representation in the us: chief of mission: ambassador denis g. antoine chancery: 1701 new hampshire avenue nw. washington. dc 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561 fax: [1] (202) 265-2468 consulate(s) general: new york diplomatic representation from the us: chief of mission: the us ambassador to barbados is accredited to grenada embassy: lance-aux-epines stretch. saint george's mailing address: p. o. box 54. saint george's. grenada. west indies telephone: [1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176 fax: [1] (473) 444-4820 flag description: a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side). with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow. five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border. three centered in the bottom red border. and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg. after indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions economy - overview: grenada relies on tourism as its main source of foreign exchange. especially since the construction of an international airport in 1985. strong performances in construction and manufacturing. together with the development of an offshore financial industry. have also contributed to growth in national output. gdp (purchasing power parity): $440 million (2002 est.) gdp (official exchange rate): na gdp - real growth rate: 2.5% (2002 est.) gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $5.000 (2002 est.) gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 7.7% industry: 23.9% services: 68.4% (2000) labor force: 42.300 (1996) labor force - by occupation: agriculture 24%. industry 14%. services 62% (1999 est.) unemployment rate: 12.5% (2000) population below poverty line: 32% (2000) household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: na highest 10%: na inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.8% (2001 est.) budget: revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million. including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997) agriculture - products: bananas. cocoa. nutmeg. mace. citrus. avocados. root crops. sugarcane. corn. vegetables industries: food and beverages. textiles. light assembly operations. tourism. construction industrial production growth rate: 0.7% (1997 est.) electricity - production: 159.8 million kwh (2003) electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001) electricity - consumption: 148.6 million kwh (2003) electricity - exports: 0 kwh (2003) electricity - imports: 0 kwh (2003) oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2003 est.) oil - consumption: 1.800 bbl/day (2003 est.) oil - exports: na (2001) oil - imports: na (2001) exports: $40 million (2004 est.) exports - partners: saint lucia 12.7%. us 12.2%. antigua and barbuda 8.7%. netherlands 7.9%. saint kitts and nevis 7.8%. dominica 7.8%. germany 7.1%. france 4.6% (2004) imports: $276 million (2004 est.) imports - partners: trinidad and tobago 29.6%. us 27.8%. uk 4.8% (2004) debt - external: $196 million (2000) economic aid - recipient: $8.3 million (1995) currency (code): east caribbean dollar (xcd) currency code: xcd exchange rates: east caribbean dollars per us dollar - na (2005). 2.7 (2004). 2.7 (2003). 2.7 (2002). 2.7 (2001) fiscal year: calendar year telephones - main lines in use: 33.500 (2002) telephones - mobile cellular: 7.600 (2002) telephone system: general assessment: automatic. islandwide telephone system domestic: interisland vhf and uhf radiotelephone links international: country code - 1-473; new shf radiotelephone links to trinidad and tobago and saint vincent; vhf and uhf radio links to trinidad radio broadcast stations: am 2. fm 13. shortwave 0 (1998) radios: 57.000 (1997) television broadcast stations: 2 (1997) televisions: 33.000 (1997) internet country code: .gd internet hosts: 18 (2003) internet service providers (isps): 14 (2000) internet users: 15.000 (2002) airports: 3 (2004 est.) airports - with paved runways: total: 3 2.438 to 3.047 m: 1 1.524 to 2.437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2005 est.) roadways: total: 1.127 km paved: 687 km unpaved: 440 km (1999) ports and terminals: saint george's military branches: no regular military forces; royal grenada police force military expenditures - dollar figure: na military expenditures - percent of gdp: na disputes - international: none illicit drugs: small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for marijuana and cocaine to us
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