Name: Geography Now! Grenada
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Well, we reached our seventh Carribean country: Grenada!

As you know, each Carribean country kind of has a little quirk that they're known for,

Well, we're back in the Carribean, let's just jump into it.

Grenada is the southernmost Carribean archipelago nation located in what is called the Windward Islands

at the tip of the Grenadine Chain, right below St. Vincent and the Grenadines,

and less than 150 kilometres away from the tip of Venezuela,

Grenada is made up out of three main islands:

Carriacou, Petite Martinique and the largest one, Grenada.

In addition, the country owns a little over 20 smaller unhabited or barely inhabited or partially inhabited

like Ronde Island, Caille Island, Large Island, Saline Island and Frigate Island and Diamond Island.

Diamond Island, ooh, I never realized how perfect those two words sound together.

Thanks, I needed a title for my new novel.

Grenada is divided into six parishes, each named after a saint,

whereas Carriacou and Petit Martinique hold a dependency status,

with the capial and largest city St. George's.

That's right: not St. George, St. George's.

What excactly they referencing in terms of his ownership for George, I have no idea,

Hey, maybe that's what they're talking about: St. George's town.

This is also where the largest and only international airport, St. George's Maurice Bishop International, can be found.

Pearls Airport used to be the main airport, but then it kind of devolved into a go-kart racetrack

and Soviet aircraft graveyard where cows can elect the grace.

About 94% of the population lives along the coasts of Grenada Island

and are interconnected by the Main Road that loops all the way around the entire domain.

Otherwise, some noticable spots in Grenada might include St. George's Market Square,

Fort Frederick, the walking tunnel between the Carenage and the seaports.

The Underwater Sculpture Park, Fort George overlooking the city of St. George's,

and everywhere you find the hurricane Ivan destroyed buildings that add a sort of charm to Grenada's townlife.

Check out this channel right here, Goats on the road, they have an extensive series on Grenada

that shows the beautiful sites and most of these places are mentioned.

And with that promotion done and said, let's explain why this place is called The Spice Islands, shall we?

Now, at first glance, you would assume that the Carribean islands are pretty much the same

in physical make up, but in many cases that couldn't be further from the truth.

Now, although they were all formed by volcanic activity, not all the islands in the Carribean came out with the same features.

This is why you have specific, regional designations for the Carribean island clusters,

like the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, the Lucayan, Leeward and Windward Islands

This is why places like flat, boggy Barbudo looks almost nothing like volcanic, lake-boiling Dominica.

Grenada is the last and final island chain in the Grenadines, known for being rocky, tropical islands

with more volcanic activity, as their northern cousins have mostly hollocene and extinct volcanoes.

Grenada host two main volcanoes: the tallest point Mount Saint Catherine

and Kick 'em Jenny, located right in the middle of the sea.

I'm not even joking, look it up, that really is what it's called.

If you look at a zoomed satellite map of Grenada you'll notice that unlike the other islands

Grenada isn't overtaken by large patches of geometrically cultivated crop fields.

But don't be fooled. Those open areas that look like large, lush, green forests

Out of all the Carribean islands, thanks to the extremely rich soil, Grenada is known for being The Spice Island

because they are the world's second largest producers of nutmeg efter Indonesia.

Indonesia. A country that is like, over 2000 times the size in population

They are also the only country that produces prime quality Mace.

In addition, they also grow quite a bit of cloves and cinnamon.

Many people who visit say that when walking through the country

you can actually smell the spice in the air constantly.

It's like walking through a scented candle

Other food crops are grown throughout the country, including breadfruit,

which is used to make the national dish Oil Down: a conglomeration of spices, salted meat and veggies and breadfruit.

Grenada is a conveniatly well-stocked island thanks to the high average annual rainfall

You have these consistently flowing streams and rivers and waterfalls, such as the famous Seven Sisters Falls

and the longest river Saint John's river.

Animals like armadillos, agouties, monkeys and the national animal, the rare Grenadian dove

can be found scampering about in the interior forests.

Grenada is kind of like right in the path of hurricane territory.

The most damaging ones of hit being hurricanes Ivan and Emily back in 2004 and 2005.

Otherwise, other noticable natural spots might include Sunnyside and Hyde Pard Tropical Gardens,

Sandy Island, Grand Etang National Park, Morne Rouge Bay, Grand Anse and Lavera Beaches,

Black Bay Beach with Amerindian markings, Lake Antoine, great for birdwatching.

Oh, and you can enjoy it all with some Clark's Court rum.

Some of the locals like it, some don't, but hanging with them will be the best, no matter what you drink.

Grenadians. That's wht you call them. Like Canadians.

Not "Grenadans" - Grenadians. Got it? Good.

Grenada might seem like a typical Carribean country but if you go back to the 70's,

First of all, Grenada has about 113 thousand people

and about twice as many ethnic Grenadians live abroad outside of Grenada

meaning that there are more Grenadians outside of Grenada than in it.

Over 80% of the population comes from black, African descent, about 10% are mixed, 4% are Indian,

like from India, and the rest are other groups including whites and indigenous Carribean peoples.

They also use the east Caribbean dollar, they use the type G British-style outlet

and they drive on the left side of the road.

Now, you might say "Hm, that's interesting, why is there a noticable Indian population?"

Well, as you'll soon find out in a future video coming up,

basically the British kind of brought them over in colonial times, as indentured servants and well,

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