Grenada

Grenada

Grenada / It is a country located in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea, whose name is "Granada", that famous Andalusian city, and "Grenada" is its Spanish term. This island was named after that for its beautiful scenery with its green mountains and clear blue beaches

The population of Grenada has a population of 95,000, and its area is 344 km2. The climate is pleasant and the scenery is beautiful, in addition to its beaches, which attract large numbers of tourists

Grenada comes at the forefront of the countries that produce the fruits of nutmeg and other spices, and the city of Saint George is the capital, with a population of 7,500 people, and it is the largest city in the state of Grenada

It is located within the arched island formed by the Lesser Antilles, at the southeastern end of the Caribbean Sea, where an archipelago is from the West Indies, near the twelfth circle north of the equator, close to the sixty-first longitude to the west, to the north of Trinidad Island, and to the northeast of the island of Barbados And in the north of Vincent Island, it enjoys an important strategic position at the southeastern entrance to the Caribbean Sea. Economy. Grenada's national income is mainly dependent on agriculture and tourism. The country has few factories and the standard of living in Grenada is low. Because most of its people are either unemployed or forced to work for low wages

Bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, and a type of spice called Mays are among the main exports of carrots. Other products include coconut, cotton, lemon and sugar cane

Because Grenada needs a lot of products made in other countries, it imports more than it exports from raw materials. The city of Saint George is considered the main important port in Grenada, although it has some smaller ports

Britain, Canada and the United States top the list of countries with commercial relations with Grenada, and during 1974, Grenada sought to expand its trade with its neighbors, and was associated with the group and the Caribbean Common Market.

Grenada is linked by a network of roads approximately 970 km long, with two airports and an inland transportation facility, but it lacks rail

Five newspapers and radio stations made to serve the island's population are issued in Grenada

There is an Islamic association in Grenada. The first Muslim to live in it came from Trinidad, where he was a Muslim son of Muslim, in the year 1940 AD, and he is of African descent, and the majority of the population in Grenada is of African origin due to the history of the Europeans moving slaves to the Caribbean in order to take over the difficult work that was difficult for European colonists to do Out, especially on sugar plantations. The population of Grenada has increased in proportion to its population, according to its population. Despite the recent introduction of Islam to it, the number of Muslims has reached 300, but some, like the rest of the population, have immigrated to the United States and Canada. It is reported that the people of Grenada migrated frequently until this resulted in a decrease in the population

Today, 150 local Muslims and 100 to 140 Asian Indians have come from Trinidad and other Caribbean countries. Some of them came to work from international bodies, most of them acquired the citizenship of Grenada, and some of them still have their original citizenship

There are 70 Muslim students studying in its universities, including about 25 Arab students, most of whom study medicine

In Grenada, there are between 30 and 40 Shi'a people who have their own private place to pray the five daily prayers. And they pray with other Muslims of the Sunnis in the Great Islamic Center. Friday prayers in the Islamic center are between 60 to 65 worshipers. As for daily prayers, the number of those who arrive at dawn does not exceed, on average, five, noon and twenty times, and so the number of Muslims reaches about four hundred The total population of the island of one hundred thousand people

Grenada's climate is tropical, hot, humid, summers, mild, and dry winters. The country has semi-stable temperatures all year around oscillating around 26 ° C. The average maximum temperature is 31.4 ° C and the mean minimum temperature is 24 ° C

The government of Grenada has worked since 1990 to improve the tourism sector by increasing the number of tourists to the country. Many tourists care about the coral reefs that abound in the country's coasts, especially those that extend on the southern end of the main island. This government interest in the tourism sector has led to an increase in carbon dioxide emissions. In 1990 the country was ranked 114 in the world, as it received 1.2 tons per capita of carbon dioxide. This quantity increased steadily until it reached 2.1 tons per capita in 1997, to know a decrease followed by a new rise that did not exceed the emitted amount in 2001, the previous amount

According to the statistics of 1994, it is estimated that the emission of carbon dioxide gas is 135 gigas, equivalent to 1.38 tons of carbon dioxide per capita. Carbon dioxide emissions are distributed among the various sectors as follows: 47% for the electric power sector, 36% for the road transport sector, 7% for home use, 4% for the commercial sector, 3% for the industrial sector and 3% for the fishing sector

The methane emitted from landfill solid waste is considered the most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide in Grenada, and its emission is estimated at 70 gigas according to 1994 statistics. The total emission of methane is 71 gigas, equivalent to 0.72 tons per capita

As a result of climatic changes, coral bleaching began with the sea temperature rising, which poses a direct threat to the tourism sector

And hit the country in 1999 the first major storm in the wake of Hurricane Leni, causing severe damage to infrastructure in the western coast of the islands and all of Cariaco and Pottet Martinique

In 2004 the country was a victim of Hurricane Ivan, which severely damaged the country and resulted in the death of 39 people. Cariaco and Petit Martinique also experienced Hurricane Emily in 2005

The Government of Grenada was a signatory to the United Nations Framework Agreement on Rio de Janeiro on climate change in May 1992. It signed the Vienna Convention in 1993 and accepted the Kyoto Agreement on August 16, 2002, with the commencement of work on it from February 16, 2005

Most of the population is professional in agriculture, replacing deforested forests, most notable crops of cocoa, nutmeg, and spices, planting bananas, cotton, and sugar cane. Another aspect of economic activity. Blaybel