Grenada's capital, St. George's, is known as the most picturesque city in the Caribbean. Its horseshoe-shaped harbour is surrounded by a pastel rainbow of dockside warehouses and the red-tiled roofs of traditional shops and homes. Rich in English, French and West Indian history, St. George's is filled with beautiful well-preserved examples of French and British Colonial architecture.
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In the mid-1970s, in response to a limited number of US medical school seats, a young American, Charles R. Modica, founded the first private medical school in the Caribbean where instruction was in English – St. George’s University – on the island of Grenada in the West Indies. The School initially drew all of it students from the United States.
To secure enough clinical training spots for its students, St. George’s University developed affiliations with hospitals in the United States and then in the United Kingdom. The serendipitous hybrid training led to the University’s internationally oriented curriculum and eventual development as a global center of higher education.
Known as "The Spice of the Caribbean," visitors are enticed by the sweet scents of nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and vanilla wafting on the balmy breeze. In fact, there are more spices in Grenada per square mile than anywhere else on the planet. Nutmeg is the most abundant spice, and Grenada produces about a third of the world's supply.
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![]() Population: 107,818 (2010 estimate) Capital: Saint George’s Area: 344 km2, 133 sq mi Largest cities: Saint George’s Ethnic groups: Black African, Indian, Pakistani, European Languages: English (official), French patois Religious affiliations: Roman Catholic 56%, Protestant 20%, Anglican 15%, Other 9% Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GDP): 5.2% (2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling: 12 years (2007) Monetary unit: 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$), consisting of 100 cents Economy: Agriculture (bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables), Industries (food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction, offshore financial industry), Major trade partners for exports: United States, France, Germany, Netherlands, and St. Lucia Major trade partners for imports: United States, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Barbados, and Netherlands Antilles |








