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LAND
Area: 334 sq km (133 sq mi).
Capital: Saint George's
Elevations: Highest - Mount Saint Catherine, 840 m (2,756 ft.), Lowest - sea level, along the coast.

PEOPLE
Population: 93,000
Density: 242.9 persons per sq km (628.2 per sq mi)
Distribution: N/A
Annual growth: -0.3% (1990)
Official language: English
Major religion: Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism

EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Literacy: 85% (1985)
Universities: 1 (1989)
Hospital beds: 360 (1987)
Physicians: 42 (1987)
Life expectancy: Women - 74; Men - 69 (1992)
Infant mortality: 28 per 1,000 live births. (1992)

ECONOMY
GDP: $238 million; $2,800 per capita.
Labor distribution (1985)
Commerce and services: N/A
Agriculture: 24%
Industry: N/A
Foreign trade
Imports: $105 million
Exports: $26 million
Principal trade partners: U.S.A., U.K., Trinidad & Tobago
Currency: $2.67 East Caribbean (EC) dollar for $1.00 U.S.; DM1.00 for EC$1.70; £1.00 for EC$4.00

GOVERNMENT
Type: Independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations.
Legislature: Parliament
Government leaders: Reginald Palmer - Govenor General (1993)
Political subdivisions: 6 parishes, 1 dependency.

COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: None
Roads: 999 km (621 mi) total, 66% paved
Major ports: 1
Major airfields: 1


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