• Grenada is an archipelagic country in the Caribbean.
• Located south of Saint Vincent and north of Trinidad, it covers 344 square kilometers.
• Population is estimated at 114,621 in 2024; capital is St. George's.
• Known as the "Island of Spice" for nutmeg and mace production.

• Indigenous Kalinago people inhabited Grenada before Europeans.
• Christopher Columbus sighted Grenada in 1498; French colonization started in 1649.
• Enslaved Africans were brought by British and French between 1669-1808.
• Grenada ceded to Britain in 1763 and gained full autonomy in 1967.
• Independence was achieved on 7 February 1974 under Eric Gairy.

• In March 1979, the New JEWEL Movement overthrew Gairy's government.
• Maurice Bishop led the People's Revolutionary Government until his execution in 1983.
• Current head of state is King Charles III, represented by the Governor-General.

List of newspapers published in Grenada.