GRENADA GRENADA REGION CARIBBEAN NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE FEBRUARY 7 1974 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 19 1973 POPULATION 97008 1999 EST AREA 133 SQ MI CAPITAL SAINT GEORGE'S FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY NATURAL RESOURCES TIMBER TROPICAL FRUITS MAIN INDUSTRIES TOURISM TEXTILES FOOD PROCESSING BEVERAGES CONSTRUCTION AGRICULTURE BANANAS COCOA NUTMEG MACE CITRUS FRUITS AVOCADOS SUGARCANE CORN VEGETABLES CURRENCY EAST CARIBBEAN DOLLAR GDP 340 MILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3500 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL FRENCH DIALECTS RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM ANGLICANISM OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 98 LIFE EXPECTANCY 69 YEARS MALE 74 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 28 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 5 PER 1000 POPULATION