Martinique is an overseas department and region of France, and an outermost region of the European Union, an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea, directly north of Saint Lucia. Its capital is Fort-de-France. Its land area is about 1,128 square kilometres (436 square miles), and its population as of January 2024 stood at 349,925 residents, governed as a single-island territory of the French Republic.
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Territory StatusOverseas Territory or Overseas Department 1 Martinique
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Nationals Include
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is a French author from Martinique
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is a Martiniquais retired professional footballer
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Found There
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as well as in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago
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Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Bermuda; the Caribbean Netherlands; Dominica; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Barthélemy; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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The species is found in the Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe and Montserrat islands in the Lesser Antilles.
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It is found in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean, in Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Lucia
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Capital: Fort-de-France
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Martinique has a land area of 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) and a population of 349,925 inhabitants as of January 2024.
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1,128 km2 (436 sq mi)
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1128
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Martinique ( MAR-tin-EEK, French pronunciation: [maŹtinik] ; Martinican Creole: Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. A part of the French West Indies (Antilles), Martinique is an overseas department and region and a single territorial collectivity of France.
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