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La Desirade

Location In the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, between E Caribbean Sea, N Atlantic Ocean

Latitude and longitude 16 30 N, 61 05 W

Sovereignty France

Political status notes Part of Guadeloupe

Population 1,600

Census notes 1999

Land area in square kilometers 27

Sources and other useful websites

The Eurisles information system database: under France, then under Guadeloupe, select La Désirade; then, under "domain", select the particular type of information sought and, under "variable", a particular subcategory of information

Guadeloupe: historical demographical data of the administrative divisions, from the Utrecht University Library (Netherlands)

United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island Directory

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