Uhi ʻo Grenada i kahi o 344 kilomika kilomika a aia ma ka hema loa o nā Mokupuni Windward ma ka East Caribbean Sea. Ma kahi o 160 mau mile ma ka hema mai ke kahakai o Venezuela. Hoʻokomo ʻia ia o ka mokupuni nui o Grenada, Carriacou Island, a me Little Martinique. ʻO ke ʻano o kēia mokupuni moku e like me ka pomegerane, a ʻo "Grenada" ke ʻano o ka pomegerane ma Sepania. ʻO Saint George ke kapikala o Grenada, kāna ʻōlelo kūhelu a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekane ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina e manaʻoʻiʻo nei i ka Kakolika. Aia ʻo Grenada ma ka welau hema o nā Mokupuni Windward ma ke kai Caribbean hikina. Aia nā moku nui o Grenada, Carriacou, a me Little Martinique, e uhi ana i kahi ma 344 mau kilomika kilomika. Ua noho mua ʻia ʻo Grenada e nā Indians. Ua ʻike ʻia e Columbus i ka makahiki 1498, hoʻemi ʻia i kolone Farani ma 1650, a noho ʻia e Beritania i ka makahiki 1762. Wahi a ka "Kuikahi Palisa" i ka makahiki 1763, ua hoʻololi kūhelu ʻo Palani i ka pūnaewele iā Pelekane, a i ka makahiki 1779 ua noho hou ʻia e Farani. I ka makahiki 1783, lilo ʻo Grenada e ke Aupuni Mōʻī Hui Pū ʻIa ma lalo o ke "Kuʻikahi o Versailles" a ua lilo ia i kolone Pelekane. I ka makahiki 1833, ua lilo ia i ʻāpana o ke aupuni Windward Mokupuni ma lalo o ka mana o ke Kiaʻāina o nā Mokupuni Windward i koho ʻia e ka Mōʻīwahine o ʻEnelani. Ua hui ʻo Grenada i ka West Indies Federation ma 1958, a ua hiolo ka Federation i 1962. Ua loaʻa iā Grenada ke kūʻokoʻa kūloko i 1967 a lilo i mokuʻāina o nā pilina o ke Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ke kūʻokoʻa ma Pepeluali 7, 1974. ʻO ka hae aupuni: he huinahā lōʻihi, me ka lakio o ka lōʻihi i ka laulā o 5: 3. Ua hoʻopuni ʻia ka hae e nā palena ʻulaʻula ākea o ka laulā like. Aia ʻekolu mau hōkū ʻelima mau kiko melemele ma nā palena ākea a me nā lalo ākea; ka hae ma loko o ka palena ākea ʻulaʻula ʻO nā helehelena ʻehā mau triangles isosceles like, melemele ka luna a me ka lalo, a ʻōmaʻomaʻo ka hema a me ka ʻākau. Aia ma waenakonu o ka hae he wahi ākea ʻulaʻula a me kahi hōkū melemele ʻelima; ʻo ka huinakolu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ka hema he kumu nutmeg. Hōʻailona ka ʻulaʻula i ka ʻuhane aloha o ka poʻe ma ʻō a puni ka ʻāina, hōʻailona ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka mahiʻai a me nā mea kanu waiwai o ka mokupuni, a me ka melemele e hōʻike ana i ka lā nui o ka ʻāina. ʻO nā hōkū ʻehiku kihi ʻelima e hōʻike ana i nā dioceses ʻehiku o ka ʻāina, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina o ka ʻāina e manaʻoʻiʻo i ka Kakolika; ʻo ka lau nutmeg ka loina o ka ʻāina. Haʻawi ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele ma kahi o 81%, no 15% nā lāhui ʻokoʻa, a no 4% ka poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻōlelo Pelekane ka ʻōlelo kūhelu a me ka lingua franca. Manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina i ka Kakolika, a ʻo ka poʻe i koe i manaʻoʻiʻo i ka hoʻomana Kalikiano a ʻO nā hoʻomana ʻē aʻe. Strong> <ʻO ka hoʻokele waiwai o Grenada ka mea i hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ka mahiʻai. ʻO ka hua nui ka nutmeg, ka maiʻa, ka niu, ka niu, ke kō, ka pulupulu a me nā hua ʻai tropical. ʻO ia ka lua o ka nui o nā hua hua nutmeg ma ka honua a ʻo kāna mau huahana puka no ka koi o ka honua. ʻO ka hapahā o ka leo, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka "ʻāina mea ʻala." Kūkulu ʻia ka ʻoihana ʻo Georgia, ʻo kahi wale nō e hana ana i nā huahana mahiʻai, hana waina a me nā lole, a pēlā aku. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ulu nui ka mākaʻikaʻi. |