Martinique

  • Area: 1,128 Square Kilometers
  • Currency: Euro made up of 100 centimes US$1 = 0.9
  • Official language: French, Creole
  • Head of Territorial Council : Alfred Marie-Jeanne (President)
  • Head of State (France) : Emmanuel Macron (President)
  • Population:  385, 000 (est.)

About Martinique

Martinique is in the Windward Islands group with Dominica to the north and St Lucia to the south. The capital is Fort-de-France. Tourism, bananas, sugar and refined petroleum products are important sources of foreign exchange.