Grenada

Grenada is an island nation in the southeastern Caribbean Sea including the southern Grenadines. Grenada is the second-smallest independent country in the Western Hemisphere (after Saint Kitts and Nevis). It is located north of Trinidad and Tobago, and south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Grenada

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About 80% of the population are descendants of the African slaves brought by the Europeans; very little of the indigenous Carib and Arawak population remains.

Related Topics:
Africa - Slave - Carib - Arawak

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The official language, English, is spoken by virtually everyone, although a few still speak a French-based creole (called Patois or Patwa). Aside from a marginal community of Rastafarians living in Grenada, nearly all are Christians, about half of them Catholics; Anglicanism is the largest Protestant denomination.

Related Topics:
English - French - Creole - Patois or Patwa - Catholics - Anglicanism - Protestant

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