Pointe-à-Pitre (French: Pointe-à-Pitre, pronounced: [pwɛ̃tapitʁ]; Creole: Lapwent, [lapwɛ̃t]) is the largest city of Guadeloupe, an overseas région and département of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre.
Population: 18,264
Latitude: 16° 14' 28.50" N
Longitude: -61° 32' 10.10" W
Guadeloupe (/ɡwɑːdəˈluːp/; French pronunciation: [ɡwadəlup]; Antillean Creole: Gwadloup) is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department, located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. It h…
Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport (French: Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet or Aéroport Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes "Caribbean Hub") (IATA: PTP, ICAO: TFFR) is an airport serving Pointe-à-Pitre on the island …
Grande-Terre Island (French: île de Grande-Terre or île de la Grande-Terre) is the name of the eastern-half of Guadeloupe proper, in the Lesser Antilles. It is separated from the other half of Guadeloupe island, Basse-Terre, by a narrow sea channel …
Basse-Terre Island (French: île de Basse-Terre or île de la Basse-Terre) is the name of the western-half of Guadeloupe proper, in the Lesser Antilles. To the South lies Les Saintes and Dominica. In the North-East, it is separated from the other half…
La Grande Soufrière, (French: "big sulphur outlet"), is an active stratovolcano on the French island of Basse-Terre, in Guadeloupe.
The department of Guadeloupe comprises five islands: Guadeloupe island composed of Basse-Terre Island and Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called salt river) and the dependencies composed by the adjacent French island…
Carbet Falls (French: Les chutes du Carbet) is a series of waterfalls on the Carbet River in Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France located in the Leeward Islands of the eastern Caribbean region. Its three cascades are set amid the tropical ra…
Laureal is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre.
Quatre Chemins is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Les Abymes, on the island of Grande-Terre.
Thanks to the diversity in definition of Latin America, listing the exact states it contains is subject to controversy. The standard definition is that of the countries south of the United States of America that speak Latin-derived languages, althou…
Fort Fleur d'épée is a fortification on Grande-Terre on Guadeloupe. The origins of its name are unknown, though it may correspond to a nickname of a soldier who lived in it. It was built from 1750 to 1763 to a polygonal plan by Vauban in the heights…
Dubédou is a settlement in Guadeloupe, in the commune of Saint-François on the island of Grande-Terre.
Zevallos is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre.
Pressec is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand, on the island of Grande-Terre.
Portland is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre.
Massioux is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand, on the island of Grande-Terre.
Lemercier is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre.
La Rosette is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre.