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Carriacou (/ ˈ k ɛər i ə ˌ k u / KAIR-ee-ə-KOO) [1] is an island of the Grenadine Islands. It is a part of the nation of Grenada and is located in the south-eastern Caribbean Sea , northeast of the island of Grenada and the north coast of South America .
The neighbouring island of Petite Martinique is 2.5 miles (2.2 nmi) away from Carriacou, and also a part of Grenada. With its 586 acres (2.37 km 2) and population of 900, it is smaller than Carriacou. Carriacou and Petite Martinique are known for its Regatta and Village Maroon.
Carriacou is the largest and most populous of the Grenadines. ... Carriacou and Petite Martinique is a dependency of Grenada and has a population of 10,900 people ...
Carriacou, population 9,000, and nearby Petit Martinique, population 2,000 in the southeast Caribbean were hardest hit, and there is also damage on Grenada's mainland to the north to a lesser ...
Carriacou: 34 13 Grenada: 85 Great Harbour Cay ... List of Caribbean countries by population; List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean; List of West Indian first ...
Of all the islands belonging to Grenada, only two are of consequence: Carriacou, with a population of a few thousand, and its neighbour Petit Martinique, roughly 40 kilometers northeast of Grenada and populated by some 700 inhabitants. [1]
On the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique — ground zero for Hurricane Beryl’s 150-mph eye — the toll is catastrophic: an estimated 95 percent of the homes are heavily damaged and ...
Officials received “widespread reports of destruction and devastation in Carriacou and Petite Martinique,” Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said. “In half an hour, Carriacou was ...