Guadalupe (Francia)

"Guadalupe (en francés: Guadeloupe) es un pequeño archipiélago de las Antillas, en el mar Caribe que forma una región de ultramar de Francia y una región ultraperiférica de la Unión Europea. Se encuentra a 600 km al norte de las costas de América del Sur y al sureste de la República Dominicana. Antiguamente se llamaba Karukera, que significaba «la isla de las bellas aguas». Cristóbal Colón le dio su actual nombre en honor de la Virgen Santa María de Guadalupe, Extremadura, España. Popularmente, en la cultura creole local se la llama Gwada."

"Guadeloupe (/wdlup/; French pronunciation: [wadlup]; Antillean Creole: Gwadloup) is an insular region of France located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Administratively, it is an overseas region consisting of a single overseas department. It has a land area of 1,628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi) and a population of 403,750 (as of January 2014). Guadeloupe's two main islands are Basse-Terre to the west and Grande-Terre to the east, which are separated by a narrow strait that is crossed with bridges. They are often referred to as a single island. The department also includes the Dependencies of Guadeloupe which include the smaller islands of Marie-Galante and La Désirade, and the Îles des Saintes. Guadeloupe, like the other overseas departments, is an integral part of France. It is thus part of the European Union and the Eurozone, and its currency is the euro. As an overseas department, Guadeloupe is not part of the Schengen Area. The prefecture (regional capital) of Guadeloupe is the city of Basse-Terre, which lies on the island of the same name. The official language is French, and virtually the entire population except recent arrivals from metropolitan France also speaks Antillean Creole (Créole Guadeloupéen)."