Martinique

  the Overseas department France Martinique is had on the island with the same name in West Indies and belongs to number of the largest in archipelago of Lesser Antilles. The population - nearby 377  thousand persons. Control is carried out by the commissioner quoted as the French government. In parliament of France Martinique is presented by three deputies and two senators. An official language is French, but colloquial there is in the core its aboriginal dialect patua. Colonisation by France has begun in 1635. Later the island was repeatedly captureed by England. Local population - kariby - almost have been completely exterminated. Nowadays the majority of the population is compounded by Negroes and mulattos, offsprings of the slaves delivered from Africa (in XIX century to them the most various ethnic elements - black dravidy from Southern India were added, Chineses, Italians). In cities lives 69  population %. An administrative centre and main port - Fort-de-France.

The Hilly plain divides island on two parts: low southern and northern, occupied with old burning mountains among which active volcano Montan-Pele deposits. An island climate tropical, passatnyj. The rainy season lasts from July till November. As a whole environmental conditions favour to agriculture and tourism development, short of enough frequent hurricanes. Are for export cultivated a sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, aboriginal rum uses popularity also. Incomes of tourists which are involved, first of all, with the nature of Martinique are considerable. The mountain rivers forming numerous cataracts are especially beautiful. Perfect sandy beaches of the Caribbean Riviera of France, Old French urban architecture and the educed sphere of service involve assemblage of tourists.