Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

Economy

🇬🇵 Pointe-à-Pitre is the second most populous city of Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an overseas region and department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre.

Although Pointe-à-Pitre is not Guadeloupe's administrative capital, it is nonetheless the region's economic capital.

Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport, Guadeloupe's main international airport, is located 3 km (1.9 mi) north of downtown Pointe-à-Pitre in the commune of Les Abymes.

Economy The city is the commercial capital of Guadeloupe, serving as the main port of call for cargo and passengers alike. The main seaport is the Port de Jarry located across the Bay of Cul-de-Sac Marin in the commune (municipality) of Baie-Mahault. It has one of the biggest container terminals in the Eastern Caribbean with a quay 600m long. The main exports are food crops (bananas, cocoa, coffee and sugar), animal products (beef, milk, yogurt) and manufactured goods (refined petroleum, textiles and medicines). The extensive Zone Industrielle de Jarry, directly west of Pointe-à-Pitre is a major centre of commercial and light industrial activity, notably for warehousing and distribution. Agricultural production continues in the east of the area where cattle rearing, banana and sugarcane growing continues. The nearby suburb of Le Gosier is Guadeloupe's main seaside resort.

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Pointe-à-Pitre has a population of over 171,773 people. Pointe-à-Pitre also forms the centre of the wider Pointe-à-Pitre Arrondissement which has a population of over 307,237 people. It is also a part of the larger Guadeloupe area.

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Antipodal to Pointe-à-Pitre is: 118.467,-16.241

Locations Near: Pointe-à-Pitre -61.5331,16.2411

🇬🇵 Point-à-Pitre -61.533,16.241 d: 0  

🇬🇵 Les Abymes -61.52,16.27 d: 3.5  

🇬🇵 Basse-Terre -61.728,15.993 d: 34.5  

🇦🇬 St. John's -61.844,17.119 d: 103.1  

🇩🇲 Roseau -61.39,15.303 d: 105.4  

🇰🇳 Basseterre -62.736,17.296 d: 173.7  

🇲🇶 La Trinité -60.97,14.73 d: 178.5  

🇲🇶 Fort-de-France -61.067,14.604 d: 188.7  

🇲🇶 Le Marin -60.871,14.47 d: 209.3  

🇱🇨 Castries -60.978,14.026 d: 253.4  

Antipodal to: Pointe-à-Pitre 118.467,-16.241

🇮🇩 Sumbawa 118.083,-8.783 d: 19184.8  

🇮🇩 Taliwang 116.867,-8.733 d: 19162.4  

🇮🇩 Bima 118.717,-8.45 d: 19148.3  

🇮🇩 Sumbawa Besar 117.417,-8.5 d: 19146.8  

🇮🇩 Selong 116.533,-8.65 d: 19145.3  

🇮🇩 Kupang 123.6,-10.167 d: 19140.6  

🇮🇩 Mataram 116.117,-8.583 d: 19126.2  

🇮🇩 Tanjung 116.15,-8.35 d: 19102.3  

🇮🇩 Denpasar 115.217,-8.65 d: 19100.3  

🇮🇩 Sukawati 115.294,-8.608 d: 19099.2  

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