27 Facts About Grenada

Grenada is known as the "Island of Spice" due to its production of nutmeg and mace crops.

However, on 3 March 1967, it was granted full autonomy over its internal affairs as an Associated State, and from 1958 to 1962 Grenada was part of the Federation of the West Indies, a short-lived federation of British West Indian colonies.

Origin of the name "Grenada" is obscure, but it is likely that Spanish sailors named the island for the Andalusian city of Granada.

Grenada was first populated by peoples from South America, possibly during the Caribbean Archaic Age, although definitive evidence is lacking.

Grenada was formally ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

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In 1950, Eric Gairy founded the Grenada United Labour Party, initially as a trade union, which led the 1951 general strike for better working conditions.

On 10 October 1951, Grenada held its first general elections on the basis of universal adult suffrage, with Gairy's party winning six of the eight seats contested.

Grenada opted to remain within the Commonwealth, retaining Queen Elizabeth as Monarch, represented locally by a governor-general.

Grenada was succeeded by George Brizan for a brief period until the June 1995 election which was won by the New National Party under Keith Mitchell, who went on to win the 1999 and 2003 elections, serving for a record 13 years until 2008.

Grenada is of volcanic origin, as evident in its soil, mountainous interior, and several explosion craters, including Lake Antoine, Grand Etang Lake and Levera Pond.

Grenada is home to four ecoregions: Windward Islands moist forests, Leeward Islands dry forests, Windward Islands dry forests, and Windward Islands xeric scrub.

Grenada, being on the southern edge of the hurricane belt, has suffered only three hurricanes in fifty years.

The most recent storms to hit Grenada have been Hurricane Ivan on 7 September 2004, causing severe damage and thirty-nine deaths, and Hurricane Emily on 14 July 2005, causing serious damage in Carriacou and in the north of Grenada, which had been relatively lightly affected by Hurricane Ivan.

Grenada is a Commonwealth realm with Charles III as head of state, represented locally by a governor-general.

Grenada operates a multi-party system, with the largest parties being the centre-right New National Party and the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Grenada is a full and participating member of both the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

Grenada is, along with much of the Caribbean region, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Grenada is one of the 35 states which has ratified the OAS charter and is a member of the Organization.

Grenada entered into the Inter-American system in 1975 according to the OAS's website.

On 30 June 2014, Grenada signed a Model 1 agreement with the United States of America in relation to Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

In December 2014, Grenada joined Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America as a full member.

Prime Minister Mitchell said that the membership was a natural extension of the co-operation Grenada have had over the years with both Cuba and Venezuela.

In 2019, Grenada signed the UN treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Grenada is divided into six parishes: Carriacou and Petite Martinique have the status of a dependency.

Grenada has a small economy in which tourism is the major foreign exchange earner.

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Grenada is an exporter of several different spices, most notably nutmeg, its top export and depicted on the national flag, and mace.

Grenada has competed in every Summer Olympics since the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.