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Martinique

Martinique is a that is an overseas department of in the Caribbean Sea, north of and south of . The island is dominated by Mount Pelee, which on 8 May 1902 erupted and completely destroyed the city of , killing 30,000 inhabitants.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Fort-de-France and Saint-Pierre.

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is the largest city in and capital of Martinique. The center, which is always somewhat crowded, extends to the seaside promenade where multiple bars and restaurants are in a typically French atmosphere.

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is the former capital of the island of Martinique, nowadays a community of about 5,000 people.

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is a city in the extreme south of Martinique. has many white sand beaches, including the famous Salines beach, forming a perfect arc of a circle and considered one of the most beautiful beaches in the Lesser Antilles.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Le Diamant and Le Carbet.

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is a town and commune in the French overseas department of Martinique.

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is a village and commune in the overseas department of Martinique.

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Les Trois-Îlets is a resort town in the French overseas territory of Martinique, in the . It is home to about 8000 people and known as the birth place of Napoleon's wife Joséphine.
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Martinique

Latitude of center
14.6447° or 14° 38′ 41″ north
Longitude of center
-61.0098° or 61° 0′ 35″ west
Population
392,000
Area
1,100 km² (425 miles²)
Elevation
79 metres (259 feet)
Capital
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Phone code
.mq
Internet domain
596
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1251670424
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3570311
Wiki­data ID
Q17054
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Martinique” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Martinique”
  • Akan: “Matinik”
  • Albanian: “Martinika”
  • Albanian: “Martinikë”
  • Amharic: “ማርቲኒክ”
  • Arabic: “جزر المارتينيك”
  • Arabic: “مارتينيك”
  • Aragonese: “Martinica”
  • Armenian: “Մարտինիկա”
  • Arpitan: “Martinica”
  • Arpitan: “Martinique”
  • Assamese: “মাৰ্টিনিক”
  • Asturian: “Martinica”
  • Azerbaijani: “Martinik”
  • Azerbaijani: “Martinika”
  • Balinese: “Martinique”
  • Bambara: “Maritiniki”
  • Basque: “Martinika”
  • Belarusian: “Мартыніка”
  • Belarusian: “Марцініка”
  • Bengali: “মার্টিনিক”
  • Bengali: “মার্তিনিক”
  • Bishnupriya: “মার্টিনিক”
  • Bosnian: “Martinik”
  • Bosnian: “Martinique”
  • Breton: “Martinik”
  • Bulgarian: “Мартиника”
  • Burmese: “မာတီနစ်”
  • Burmese: “မာတီနိခ်”
  • Catalan: “Martinica”
  • Cebuano: “Martinika”
  • Cebuano: “Martinique”
  • Central Bikol: “Martinique”
  • Central Kurdish: “مارتینیک”
  • Chechen: “Мартиника”
  • Cherokee: “ᎹᏘᏂᎨ”
  • Chinese: “Martinique”
  • Chinese: “馬丁尼克”
  • Chinese: “馬提尼克”
  • Chinese: “马提尼克”
  • Chuvash: “Мартиника”
  • Cornish: “Martinik”
  • Corsican: “Martinica”
  • Croatian: “Martinik”
  • Croatian: “Martinique”
  • Czech: “Martinik”
  • Danish: “Martinique”
  • Dhivehi: “މާޓިނީކޫ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Martinik”
  • Dutch: “Martinique”
  • Dutch: “MQ”
  • Dutch: “MTQ”
  • Dzongkha: “མཱར་ཊི་ནིཀ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مارتينيك”
  • Erzya: “Мартиника”
  • Esperanto: “Martiniko”
  • Estonian: “Martinique”
  • Ewe: “Martiniki nutome”
  • Extremaduran: “Martinica”
  • Faroese: “Martinique”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Martinique”
  • Finnish: “Martinique”
  • French: “Iguanacaera”
  • French: “île aux fleurs”
  • French: “Jouanacaera”
  • French: “Mart.”
  • French: “Martinique”
  • Fulah: “Martinik”
  • Ga: “Martinique”
  • Gagauz: “Martinik”
  • Galician: “Martinica”
  • Galician: “Martinique”
  • Ganda: “Maritiniiki”
  • Georgian: “მარტინიკა”
  • Georgian: “მარტინიკი”
  • German: “Martinique”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Martinica”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Martinique”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Matinik”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Matnik”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Territorial Collectivity of Martinique”
  • Gilaki: “مارتينيک”
  • Greek: “Μαρτινίκα”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Lamatinik”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Lanmantinik”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Lanmatinik”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Mantinik”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Matinik”
  • Gujarati: “માર્ટીનીક”
  • Haitian: “Matinik”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Martinique”
  • Hausa: “Martinik”
  • Hausa: “Martinique”
  • Hawaiian: “Maritanika”
  • Hebrew: “מרטיניק”
  • Hindi: “मार्टिनिक”
  • Hindi: “मार्टीनिक”
  • Hungarian: “Martinique”
  • Icelandic: “Martiník”
  • Icelandic: “Martinique”
  • Ido: “Martinik”
  • Igbo: “Martinique”
  • Indonesian: “Martinik”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Martinik”
  • Interlingua: “Martinica”
  • Interlingue: “Martinica”
  • Irish: “Martainíc”
  • Irish: “Martinique”
  • Italian: “Martinica”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Maatiniik”
  • Japanese: “マルティニーク”
  • Javanese: “Martinik”
  • Javanese: “Martinique”
  • Kalaallisut: “Martinique”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾರ್ಟಿನಿಕ್”
  • Kashmiri: “مارٹِنِک”
  • Kashubian: “Martinika”
  • Kazakh: “Мартиника”
  • Khmer: “ម៉ាទីនីក”
  • Kikuyu: “Martiniki”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Maritike”
  • Kirghiz: “Мартиника”
  • Kongo: “Madinina”
  • Korean: “마르티니크”
  • Korean: “말티니크”
  • Kurdish: “Martînîk”
  • Kurdish: “Martinique”
  • Lao: “ມາຕິນີກ”
  • Latin: “Martinica”
  • Latvian: “Martinika”
  • Ligurian: “Martinica”
  • Limburgan: “Martinique”
  • Lingala: “Martinike”
  • Lingala: “Martiniki”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Martinic”
  • Lithuanian: “Martinika”
  • Lombard: “Martinica”
  • Low German: “Martinique”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Martinique”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Martiniki”
  • Luxembourgish: “Departement Martinique”
  • Luxembourgish: “Martinique”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Martinica”
  • Macedonian: “Мартиник”
  • Malagasy: “Martinika”
  • Malagasy: “Martinique”
  • Malay: “Martinique”
  • Malayalam: “മാർട്ടിനിക്ക്”
  • Maltese: “Martinika”
  • Maltese: “Martinique”
  • Marathi: “मार्टिनिक”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Martinique”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Martinique”
  • Mingrelian: “მარტინიკა”
  • Mongolian: “Мартиник”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “مارتينيك”
  • Nepali: “मार्टिनिक”
  • North Ndebele: “Martinique”
  • Northern Frisian: “Martinique”
  • Northern Sami: “Martinique”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Martinique”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Martinique”
  • Norwegian: “Martinique”
  • Novial: “Martinik”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Martinica”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Martinic”
  • Oriya: “ମାର୍ଟିନିକ୍ୟୁ”
  • Ossetian: “Мартиникæ”
  • Pampanga: “Martinique”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਰਟੀਨਿਕ”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਰਟੀਨੀਕ”
  • Papiamento: “Martinique”
  • Persian: “مارتینیک”
  • Picard: “Martinique”
  • Piemontese: “Martinica”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Martinique”
  • Polish: “Martynika”
  • Portuguese: “Coletividade Territorial da Martinica”
  • Portuguese: “Martinica”
  • Portuguese: “Martinique”
  • Pushto: “مارټینیک”
  • Quechua: “Martinica”
  • Quechua: “Martinik”
  • Romanian: “departamentul Martinica”
  • Romanian: “Martinica”
  • Romansh: “Martinique”
  • Rundi: “Maritiniki”
  • Russian: “Мартиника”
  • Sango: “Märtïnîki”
  • Sardinian: “Martinica”
  • Scots: “Martinique”
  • Scots: “Matinik”
  • Scots: “Matnik”
  • Scots: “Territorial Collectivity o Martinique”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mairtinic”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Martinique”
  • Serbian: “Мартиник”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Martinik”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Martinique”
  • Shan: “မႃးတိၼ်ႇၼိၵ်ႈ”
  • Shona: “Martinique”
  • Sicilian: “Martinica”
  • Silesian: “Martyńika”
  • Sindhi: “مارتينڪ”
  • Sinhala: “මර්ටිනික්”
  • Sinhala: “මාර්ටිනික්”
  • Slovak: “Martinik”
  • Slovenian: “Martinik”
  • Somali: “Maartinik”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مارتینیک”
  • Spanish: “Martinica”
  • Sundanese: “Martinik”
  • Swahili: “Martinique”
  • Swedish: “Martinique”
  • Swiss German: “Martinique”
  • Tagalog: “Martinika”
  • Tagalog: “Martinique”
  • Tajik: “Мартиника”
  • Tajik: “Мартиники”
  • Talysh: “Martinika”
  • Tamil: “மர்தினிக்கு”
  • Tamil: “மார்டினிக்”
  • Tamil: “மார்டினியூ”
  • Tatar: “Мартиника”
  • Telugu: “మార్టినిక్”
  • Telugu: “మార్టినీక్”
  • Thai: “มาร์ตินีก”
  • Thai: “มาร์ตีนิก”
  • Thai: “มาร์ตีนีก”
  • Tigrinya: “ማርቲኒክ”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Mātiniki”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Martinique”
  • Turkish: “Martinik”
  • Turkish: “Martinique”
  • Turkmen: “Martinika”
  • Twi: “Martinique”
  • Uighur: “مارتىنىكا”
  • Ukrainian: “Мартиніка”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Martinique”
  • Urdu: “مارٹینک”
  • Urdu: “مارٹینیک”
  • Uzbek: “Martinika”
  • Venetian: “Martìnega”
  • Venetian: “Martinica”
  • Vietnamese: “Martinique”
  • Volapük: “Martinikeän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Martinique”
  • Welsh: “Martinîc”
  • Welsh: “Martinique”
  • Western Frisian: “Martinique”
  • Western Frisian: “Martinyk”
  • Western Mari: “Мартиника”
  • Western Panjabi: “مارٹینیک”
  • Wolof: “Martinik”
  • Wu Chinese: “马提尼克”
  • Yiddish: “מאַרטיניק”
  • Yoruba: “Mártíníkì”
  • Yoruba: “Matinikuwi”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬提尼克”
  • Zulu: “i-Martinique”
  • “MQ”
  • “MTQ”

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