Location: 16 15 N, 61 35 W — Caribbean, islands in the eastern
Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico
Flag ——
Description: three horizontal bands, a narrow green band (top), a wide red band, and a narrow green band; the green bands are separated from the red band by two narrow white stripes; a five-pointed gold star is centered in the red band toward the hoist side; the flag of France is used for official occasions
Geography ————-
Location: Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea,
southeast of Puerto Rico
Geographic coordinates: 16 15 N, 61 35 W
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
Area:
total area: 1,780 sq km
land area: 1,706 sq km
comparative area: 10 times the size of Washington, DC
note: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, of
which Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, and Marie-Galante are the three
largest
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 306 km