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Welcome on Zananas, the active and festive guide of Martinique.
Updated: 08/05/2005
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Martinique : madras scarf or bakoua hat, fish blaff or créole black pudding, let yourself fall for this mixed island, where the flowery volcanic north Martinique, rich with its luxuriant vegetation contrasts with the lazy south Martinique and its long dream beaches. Everywhere, in the same rum scent, endless cane fields, rippling under the breath of a warm wind.
Martinique evokes familiar and contrasted pictures: the humble house where Joséphine of Beauharnais was born, the painful vision of Saint Pierre's ruins and the hieratic outline of Diamond Rock, long contended for with the English Navy for the control of the Caribbean sea.
Updated: 08/05/2005
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Martinique is a small Island in the Caribbean : about 1100 km², its largest side is 40km and its longest side is 80 km ! It is part of the French West Indies (FWI) with Saint Martin and La Guadeloupe. There are 32 "towns", but the main city is Fort de France, on the east side of the island.
The highest point is at 1397 m (the Pelée Mountain), in the north. "Les pitons du Carbets", in the North as well, are just a little less high (about 1100 m). If you want, you can try to climb them, but watch out : it may be dangerous !
Updated: 08/05/2005
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When Columbus landed in 1502, the island to which he gave the name Martinique was peopled by the Carib Indians who called it Matinino or Madinina. They had driven away the Arawaks who, like themselves, had come to the island from South America. The island was claimed by France in 1635 and officially annexed by the King of France in 1674. France and Britain fought over the island until 1815, when it was restored to France. An important date in Martinique's history occurred 150 years ago on May 22, 1848, when slavery was abolished. In 1946, Martinique became a Department of France and in 1974 a Region of France.
Updated: 08/05/2005
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