Languages: French (official), Creole widely used
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1982 est.)
total population: 79%
male: 76%
female: 80%
Government —————
Name of country: conventional long form: Department of Reunion conventional short form: Reunion local long form: none local short form: Ile de la Reunion
Data code: RE
Type of government: overseas department of France
Capital: Saint-Denis
Administrative divisions: overseas department of France; there are no first-order divisions as defined by the US Government but there are four arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47 cantons
Independence: none (overseas department of France)
National holiday: National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)