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Martinique
region of France, overseas department and region of France, dependent territory
Part ofLesser Antilles, Windward Islands Edit
Year dem found am21 March 1946 Edit
Official nameMartinique Edit
Native labelMartinique Edit
AnthemLa Marseillaise Edit
ContinentNorth America Edit
CountryFrance Edit
CapitalFort-de-France Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydFrance Edit
Located in time zoneUTC−04:00 Edit
Ein locationMartinique Edit
Located in/on physical featureCaribbean Edit
Coordinate location14°39′0″N 61°0′54″W Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point14°27′35″N 60°48′34″W Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point14°52′43″N 61°8′54″W Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point14°23′19″N 60°52′2″W Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point14°49′21″N 61°13′45″W Edit
Highest pointMount Pelée Edit
Government ein headSerge Letchimy Edit
Legislative bodyRegional Council of Martinique Edit
Currencyeuro Edit
Coextensive withAmerica/Martinique Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeEuroplug, AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, Type E Edit
Language dem useFrench, Guadeloupean Creole Edit
Email addressmailto:contact-prefecture@martinique.pref.gouv.fr Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.martinique.pref.gouv.fr/ Edit
Top-level Internet domain.mq Edit
Flagflag of Martinique Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Martinique Edit
History of topichistory of Martinique Edit
List of monumentsQ3252351 Edit
Related categoryCategory:Martinique-related lists Edit
Bibliographybibliography of Martinique Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Martinique Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Martinique Edit
Country calling code+596 Edit
Emergency phone number112 Edit
Licence plate code972 Edit
Maritime identification digits347 Edit
NCI Thesaurus IDC16823 Edit
Unicode character🇲🇶 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Martinique Edit
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Martinique (anaa Matnik;[1] Kalinago: Madinina anaa Madiana) be island insyd de Lesser Antilles of de West Indies, insyd de eastern Caribbean Sea. Na dem previously know am as Iguanacaera wey dey translate go iguana island insyd Kariʼnja.[2] Sam part of de French West Indies (Antilles), Martinique be overseas department den region den sam single territorial collectivity of France.

Martinique get a land area of 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) den a population of 349,925 inhabitants as of January 2024. One of de Windward Islands, e dey lie directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of Barbados den south of Dominica. Virtually de entire population dey speak both French (de sole official language) den Martinican Creole.[3]

Notable people

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Painters den sculptors

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  • Victor Anicet[4]
  • Jean-François Boclé[5]
  • Hector Charpentier[6][7]
  • Henri Guédon[8]
  • René Louise[9]
  • Joseph René-Corail, dem sanso know as Khokho[10]

Film-makers, screenwriters, directors den actors

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  • Lucien Jean-Baptiste - actor, writer den director
  • Stéfi Celma - actress den singer.
  • Alex Descas - film actor
  • Viktor Lazlo - singer.
  • Darling Légitimus - former actress.
  • Chris Macari - video director den producer
  • Euzhan Palcy - film director, screenwriter, den producer.
  • Sabine Quindou - journalist den TV presenter
  • Cathy Rosier - model den actress

Singers, musicians anaa music groups

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  • Paulo Albin : author, composer den performer, lead singer insyd La Perfecta
  • Jenny Alpha : actress den singer
  • Jocelyne Béroard : author den part of de group Kassav'
  • Mino Cinelu : musician
  • Cyril Cinélu : winner of Star Académy 2006
  • Miss Dominique : singer
  • Gibson Brothers : a disco/salsa band wey komot Sainte-Marie
  • Christina Goh : singer den songwriter of blues-chanson réaliste music

References

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  1. ↑ "DICTIONNAIRE DU CREOLE MARTINIQUAIS". www.potomitan.info. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  2. ↑ Ludovicus, Elisa (16 August 2024). "L'îlet Chancel : l'antre des iguanes delicatissima". FranceAntilles Martinique (in French). FranceAntilles.fr. Archived from the original on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Baker, Colin; Jones, Sylvia Prys (1998), Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education, Multilingual Matters, p. 390, ISBN 978-1-85359-362-8, archived from the original on 20 August 2020, retrieved 17 March 2015
  4. ↑ "34th Bienal de São Paulo – Artist". 34.bienal.org.br. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Jean François Boclé Martinica, 1971". bienial.depo.es. XXXI Bienial Pontevedra. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Statue of the nègre marron in Diamant | Cartographie des Mémoires de l'Esclavage". www.mmoe.llc.ed.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ "Exposition " Art beau et sens " d' Hector Charpentier". Tropiques Atrium. 14 February 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ "Henri Guédon, peintre, sculpteur, musicien". Le Monde.fr (in French). 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Accueil". RENE LOUISE (in French). Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Art des Caraïbes-Amériques". www.reseau-canope.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

Read further

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  • Forster, Elborg, Robert Forster, and Pierre Dessailes – Sugar and Slavery, Family and Race: The Letters and Diaries of Pierre Dessailes, Planter in Martinique, 1808–1856.
  • Gerstin, Julian and Dominique Cyrille – Martinique: Cane Fields and City Streets.
  • Haigh, Sam – An Introduction to Caribbean Francophone Writing: Guadeloupe and Martinique.
  • Heilprin, Angelo – Mont Pelee and the Tragedy of Martinique.
  • Heilprin, Angelo – The Tower of Pelee. New Studies of the Great Volcano of Martinique.
  • Kimber, Clarissa Therese – Martinique Revisited: The Changing Plant Geographies of a West Indian Island.
  • Lamont, Rosette C. and Richard Miller – New French Language Plays: Martinique, Quebec, Ivory Coast, Belgium.
  • Laguerre, Michel S. – Urban Poverty in the Caribbean: French Martinique as a Social Laboratory.
  • Murray, David A. B. – Opacity: Gender, Sexuality, Race and the 'Problem' of Identity in Martinique.
  • Slater, Mariam K. – The Caribbean Family: Legitimacy in Martinique.
  • Tomich, Dale W. – Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique and the World Economy, 1830–1848.
  • Watts, David – The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture, and Environmental Change Since 1492.
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