Guadeloupe is an archipelago, French overseas department. It consists of two large islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) connected by a isthmus and several smaller islands. The capital of Guadeloupe is the city of Basse-Terre. The islands were discovered by Christopher Columbus and he named them Guadeloupe in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Estremadura, Spain.

The island of Basse-Terreis the largest and is occupied by the volcanic massif and the active volcano of the Sufrier with a height of 1467 m. Basse-Terre is one of the most humid places in the Caribbean with rainfall over 8000 mm per year.

Guadeloupe's main economic sectors are agriculture and tourism. Cane sugar, bananas, coconut palms, pineapples, etc. are grown. Every year, Guadeloupe is visited by more than 500,000 tourists. As the French department of Guadeloupe is part of the European Union and the currency is the euro.