Description: The island Guadeloupe, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, is made a French Overseas Department on march 19th 1946, then a Region in 1974.
The other islands belonging to the archipelago of Guadeloupe: Les Saintes, la Désirade, Petite Terre, Marie Galante. Saint Martin (split into a French and a Netherland section) and Saint Barth voted at the referendum of December 7, 2003 to become French oversea communities of their own.
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Description: The island Guadeloupe, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, is made a French Overseas Department on march 19th 1946, then a Region in 1974.
