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France Map of Martinique showing the island's political boundaries and major cities, including Fort-de-France, Sainte-Pierre, Le Lamentin, and Le Robert. The map is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, with a small locator inset in the bottom left corner highlighting Martinique's position in the eastern Caribbean. Fort-de-France, Martinique Map showing the location of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The map highlights Martinique and its capital, Fort-de-France, in relation to nearby islands and countries including Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Venezuela, and Colombia. Regional map of the West Indies showing the islands of the Greater and Lesser Antilles, including Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, and numerous smaller islands. The map uses color shading to indicate elevation, with higher elevations in orange and yellow, and labels major cities and territories, including those administered by the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States. Surrounding bodies of water such as the Caribbean Sea, Gulf o View of Mount Pelee with its peak partially covered by clouds, overlooking a coastal town and several boats anchored in the blue waters of Martinique, West Indies. Carbet Mountains: Piton Boucher Martinique: Ethnic composition St. Louis Cathedral Martinique: Religious affiliation
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Palm trees lean over a sandy beach with turquoise water and gentle waves near Grande Anse de Salines, Martinique, with a few people swimming in the distance.
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Travel guides include Lynne M. Sullivan, Martinique and Guadeloupe Alive! (2002); and Douglas Stallings et al. (eds.), Fodor’s 08 Caribbean (2007). Katherine E. Browne, Creole Economics: Caribbean Cunning Under the French Flag (2005), examines how the people of the French West Indies, especially Martinique, have incorporated “Frenchness” into their culture and economics. Alwyn Scarth, La Catastrophe: Mount Pelée and the Destruction of Saint-Pierre, Martinique (2002), gives a day-by-day account of the 1902 eruption.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Country Profile: Literacy rate deleted. Oct 15, 2026
Invalidated site: Minist?re de la Culture - Cultural Affairs Directorate - Martinique in a nutshell. Sep 24, 2026
Add new Web site: Academia - Martinique (PDF). May 17, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Martinique, France. Aug 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Minist?re de la Culture - Cultural Affairs Directorate - Martinique in a nutshell. May 19, 2023
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Martinique (Territorial Collectivity, France). Jan 16, 2023
Country Profile: Updated Heads of government. Oct 18, 2022
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Martinique, France. Sep 01, 2022
Removed media. Aug 19, 2021
Country Profile: Expanded country profile. May 29, 2018
Country Profile: Updated head of government. Jan 04, 2018
Corrected display issue. Sep 27, 2017
Cross-references added. Sep 27, 2017
Country Profile: Updated head of state. Jun 23, 2017
Added cross-references. Mar 01, 2017
Added locator map in Introduction. In People and Economy sections, added data charts. May 16, 2016
Updated History section for changes to government structure. May 16, 2016
Country Profile: Changed Official name and Political status. Mar 21, 2016
Country Profile: Updated Political status and Heads of government. Mar 11, 2016
Added video. May 18, 2015
Removed population data from body of article and changed "General Council" to "Departmental Council" in Government section. May 18, 2015
Country Profile: Updated political status and heads of government. Apr 08, 2015
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Martinique Map, France. Apr 01, 2013
Country Profile: Updated for new president of France. May 18, 2012
Country Profile: Added name of head of state and head of government, along with urban-rural, life expectancy, literacy, and GNI per capita statistics. Feb 29, 2012
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Prakriti. Aug 10, 2011
Country Profile: Changed Official name; Political status. Feb 01, 2011
Country Profile: Updated area and population figures. Feb 04, 2010
Added mention of January 2010 referendum on greater autonomy to end of History section. Jan 12, 2010
Added new Web site: A-Z Animals - Umbrellabird. Jul 11, 2008
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Auk. Jul 08, 2008
History updated. May 15, 2008
Bibliography revised and updated. May 15, 2008
Article thoroughly revised. May 15, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site of the Martinique Tourism Authority. Oct 30, 2007
Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Martinique, France. Aug 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Bittern. Aug 09, 2007
Article revised and updated. Dec 14, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 26, 1999
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