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Population:
456,000
Capital:
Basse-Terre
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Extract from the Guadeloupe Travel Guides:
The largest French West Indian island,
GUADELOUPE
encompasses a massive 1704 square kilometres, the majority of which is taken up by its two adjoining mainland islands, Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre, whose outline resembles a greenbacked butterfly in flight. Its two "wings" have entirely different personas and equally misrepresentative names: the western
Basse-Terre
, or "low-land", is anything but, given its central core is dominated by mountain ranges, including the Lesser Antilles' highest peak,
La Soufrire
. These surround the island's bountiful
rainforest
an...
read the whole Guadeloupe Travel Guides...
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