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La Désirade Airport
La Désirade Airport is an airport serving La Désirade, the easternmost island of Guadeloupe. The airport is on the south shore, with water off both ends, and high terrain to the northeast. See also * *Transport in Guadeloupe *List of airports in Guadeloupe This is a list of airports in Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean. It is an overseas department of France comprising five main islands: Basse-Terre Island, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, La Désirade, ... References External linksOpenStreetMap - La DésiradeSkyVector - La Désirade
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La Désirade
La Désirade (; or ) is an island in the French West Indies, in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. It forms part of Guadeloupe, an Overseas region, overseas regions of France, region of France. History Archaeological evidence has been discovered that suggests that an Amerindian population lived on La Désirade from the 3rd to the 16th centuries. Spanish colonization Deseada was the first island sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1493. When he landed there during his second voyage to America, he took possession of the island on behalf of the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish crown, followed by the island of Marie-Galante. Like other Antillean islands, it served as a hideout for pirates or corsairs who attacked Spanish overseas possessions. Some sources indicate that the island owes its name to the relief of the members of Columbus crew who saw the first dry land since leaving the Canary Islands of Spain. They cried out: "Oh, desired island" The French name ''La Désirade'' is an ...
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Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and north of Dominica. The capital city is Basse-Terre, on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 395,726 in 2024. Like the other overseas departments, it is an integral part of France. As a constituent territory of the European Union and the eurozone, the euro is its official currency and any European Union citizen is free to settle and work there indefinitely, but is not part of the Schengen Area. It included Saint Barthélemy and C ...
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Transport In Guadeloupe
As an archipelago, Guadeloupe depends on several systems of public transport. The two islands that make up Guadeloupe proper - Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre - have an extensive road network, while water and air transportation connects to the outer islands as well as international destinations. Road transport Guadeloupe uses Left- and right-hand traffic, right-hand traffic. Of the 2,082 km of roads in the region, the majority (1,742 km) are paved and are well-maintained. As Guadeloupe is a Overseas France, French-administered territory, road signs and directions are written in French language, French. The two main islands of Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre are connected by the N1 and N11 highways. Winding roads are common, and in Basse-Terre, the mountain roads have especially sharp turns. Karu'lis operates several Public transport bus service, bus routes across Grande-Terre (including direct services to and around Basse-Te ...
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List Of Airports In Guadeloupe
This is a list of airports in Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean. It is an overseas department of France comprising five main islands: Basse-Terre Island, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, La Désirade, Les Saintes and Marie-Galante. CAO location identifiers are linked to each airport's Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), which are available online in Portable Document Format (PDF) from the Frenc''Service d'information aéronautique'' (SIA) __NOTOC__ See also *List of airports by ICAO code: T#Guadeloupe *Wikipedia: Airline destination lists: North America#Guadeloupe (France) *Transport in Guadeloupe *List of airports in France References External linksAeronautical Information Service / ''Service d'information aéronautique'' (SIA)
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