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World Gazetteer Results for Saint-Denis:
NameSaint-Denis
Geographical TypeLocality
Population137195
Latitude
Longitude
CountryReunion
Administrative DivisionSaint-Denis
3rd Administrative DivisionAude
Dictionary Results for Reunion:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
reunion
    n 1: a party of former associates who have come together again
    2: the act of coming together again; "monetary unification
       precipitated the reunification of the German state in October
       1990" [syn: reunion, reunification]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reunion \Re*un"ion\, n. [Pref. re- + union: cf. F. r['e]union.]
   1. A second union; union formed anew after separation,
      secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles
      of matter; a reunion of parties or sects.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a
      family, or the members of a disbanded regiment; an
      assembly so composed.
      [1913 Webster]

3. CIA World Factbook 2002
Reunion

   Introduction Reunion
   --------------------
                            Background: The Portuguese discovered the
                                        uninhabited island in 1513. From the
                                        17th to the 19th centuries, French
                                        immigration supplemented by influxes
                                        of Africans, Chinese, Malays, and
                                        Malabar Indians gave the island its
                                        ethnic mix. The opening of the Suez
                                        Canal in 1869 cost the island its
                                        importance as a stopover on the East
                                        Indies trade route.
  
   Geography Reunion
   -----------------
                              Location: Southern Africa, island in the
                                        Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
                Geographic coordinates: 21 06 S, 55 36 E
                        Map references: World
                                  Area: total: 2,512 sq km
                                        water: 10 sq km
                                        land: 2,502 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Rhode Island
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 207 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical, but temperature moderates
                                        with elevation; cool and dry from
                                        May to November, hot and rainy from
                                        November to April
                               Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous;
                                        fertile lowlands along coast
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Piton des Neiges
                                        3,069 m
                     Natural resources: fish, arable land, hydropower
                              Land use: arable land: 13.2%
                                        permanent crops: 2%
                                        other: 84.8% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 120 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: periodic, devastating cyclones
                                        (December to April); Piton de la
                                        Fournaise on the southeastern coast
                                        is an active volcano
          Environment - current issues: NA
                      Geography - note: this mountainous, volcanic island
                                        has an active volcano, Piton de la
                                        Fournaise; there is a tropical
                                        cyclone center at Saint-Denis, which
                                        is the monitoring station for the
                                        whole of the Indian Ocean
  
   People Reunion
   --------------
                            Population: 743,981 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 31.7% (male 120,864;
                                        female 115,251)
                                        15-64 years: 62.5% (male 228,864;
                                        female 235,991)
                                        65 years and over: 5.8% (male
                                        17,459; female 25,552) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.52% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 20.7 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 5.51 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.98 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 8.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.18 years
                                        female: 76.74 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 69.78 years
                  Total fertility rate: 2.55 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Reunionese (singular and
                                        plural)
                                        adjective: Reunionese
                         Ethnic groups: French, African, Malagasy, Chinese,
                                        Pakistani, Indian
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim,
                                        Buddhist (1995)
                             Languages: French (official), Creole widely
                                        used
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 79%
                                        male: 76%
                                        female: 80% (1982 est.)
  
   Government Reunion
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Department
                                        of Reunion
                                        conventional short form: Reunion
                                        local short form: Ile de la Reunion
                                        local long form: none
                                        former: Bourbon Island
                     Dependency status: overseas department of France
                       Government type: NA
                               Capital: Saint-Denis
              Administrative divisions: none (overseas department of
                                        France); there are no first-order
                                        administrative divisions as defined
                                        by the US Government, but there are
                                        4 arrondissements, 24 communes, and
                                        47 cantons
                          Independence: none (overseas department of France)
                      National holiday: Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
                          Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French
                                        Constitution)
                          Legal system: French law
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Jacques
                                        CHIRAC of France (since 17 May
                                        1995), represented by Prefect
                                        Gonthier FRIEDERICI (since NA)
                                        elections: French president elected
                                        by popular vote for a five-year
                                        term; prefect appointed by the
                                        French president on the advice of
                                        the French Ministry of the Interior;
                                        the presidents of the General and
                                        Regional Councils are elected by the
                                        members of those councils
                                        head of government: President of the
                                        General Council Jean-Luc POUDROUX
                                        (since NA March 1998) and President
                                        of the Regional Council Paul VERGES
                                        (since NA March 1993)
                                        cabinet: NA
                    Legislative branch: unicameral General Council (49
                                        seats; members are elected by
                                        direct, popular vote to serve six-
                                        year terms) and a unicameral
                                        Regional Council (45 seats; members
                                        are elected by direct, popular vote
                                        to serve six-year terms)
                                        elections: General Council - last
                                        held NA March 1998 (next to be held
                                        NA 2004); Regional Council - last
                                        held 15 March 1998 (next to be held
                                        NA 2004)
                                        election results: General Council -
                                        percent of vote by party - NA%;
                                        seats by party - various right-wing
                                        candidates 27, PCR 10, PS 10, other
                                        left-wing candidates 2; Regional
                                        Council - percent of vote by party -
                                        NA%; seats by party - PCR 7, UDF 8,
                                        PS 6, RPR 4, various right-wing
                                        candidates 15, various left-wing
                                        candidates 5
                                        note: Reunion elects three
                                        representatives to the French
                                        Senate; elections last held NA 2001
                                        (next to be held NA 2006); results -
                                        percent of vote by party - NA%;
                                        seats by party - NA; Reunion also
                                        elects five deputies to the French
                                        National Assembly; elections last
                                        held 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be
                                        held NA 2007); results - percent of
                                        vote by party - NA%; seats by party
                                        - NA
                       Judicial branch: Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel
         Political parties and leaders: Communist Party of Reunion or PCR
                                        [Paul VERGES]; Rally for the
                                        Republic or RPR [Andre Maurice
                                        PIHOUEE]; Socialist Party or PS
                                        [Jean-Claude FRUTEAU]; Union for
                                        French Democracy or UDF [Gilbert
                                        GERARD]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization FZ, InOC, WFTU
                         participation:
   Diplomatic representation in the US: none (overseas department of France)
     Diplomatic representation from the none (overseas department of France)
                                    US:
                      Flag description: the flag of France is used
  
   Economy Reunion
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: The economy has traditionally been
                                        based on agriculture. Sugarcane has
                                        been the primary crop for more than
                                        a century, and in some years it
                                        accounts for 85% of exports. The
                                        government has been pushing the
                                        development of a tourist industry to
                                        relieve high unemployment, which
                                        amounts to more than 40% of the
                                        labor force. The gap in Reunion
                                        between the well-off and the poor is
                                        extraordinary and accounts for the
                                        persistent social tensions. The
                                        white and Indian communities are
                                        substantially better off than other
                                        segments of the population, often
                                        approaching European standards,
                                        whereas minority groups suffer the
                                        poverty and unemployment typical of
                                        the poorer nations of the African
                                        continent. The outbreak of severe
                                        rioting in February 1991 illustrates
                                        the seriousness of socioeconomic
                                        tensions. The economic well-being of
                                        Reunion depends heavily on continued
                                        financial assistance from France.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $3.4
                                        billion (1998 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 3.8% (1998 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,800
                                        (1998 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%
                                        industry: NA%
                                        services: NA%
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
                           Labor force: 261,000 (1995)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 8%, industry 19%,
                                        services 73% (1990)
                     Unemployment rate: 42.8% (1998)
                                Budget: revenues: NA
                                        expenditures: NA, including capital
                                        expenditures of $NA
                            Industries: sugar, rum, cigarettes, handicraft
                                        items, flower oil extraction
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 1.09 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 55.05%
                                        hydro: 44.95%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 1.014 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: sugarcane, vanilla, tobacco,
                                        tropical fruits, vegetables, corn
                               Exports: $214 million (f.o.b., 1997)
                 Exports - commodities: sugar 63%, rum and molasses 4%,
                                        perfume essences 2%, lobster 3%,
                                        (1993)
                    Exports - partners: France 74%, Japan 6%, Comoros 4%
                                        (1994)
                               Imports: $2.5 billion (c.i.f., 1997)
                 Imports - commodities: manufactured goods, food, beverages,
                                        tobacco, machinery and
                                        transportation equipment, raw
                                        materials, and petroleum products
                    Imports - partners: France 64%, Bahrain 3%, Germany 3%,
                                        Italy 3% (1994)
                       Debt - external: $NA
              Economic aid - recipient: $NA; note - substantial annual
                                        subsidies from France
                              Currency: euro (EUR); French franc (FRF)
                         Currency code: EUR; FRF
                        Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 1.1324
                                        (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001),
                                        1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French
                                        francs per US dollar - 5.8995
                                        (1998), 5.8367 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Reunion
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 268,500 (1999)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 197,000 (September 2000)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: adequate system;
                                        principal center is Saint-Denis
                                        domestic: modern open wire and
                                        microwave radio relay network
                                        international: radiotelephone
                                        communication to Comoros, France,
                                        Madagascar; new microwave route to
                                        Mauritius; satellite earth station -
                                        1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0 (2001)
                                Radios: 173,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 35 (plus 18 low-power repeaters)
                                        (2001)
                           Televisions: 127,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .re
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                        Internet users: 10,000 (1999)
  
   Transportation Reunion
   ----------------------
                              Railways: 0 km
                              Highways: total: 2,724 km
                                        paved: 1,300 km (including 73 km of
                                        four-lane road)
                                        note: 370 km of road are maintained
                                        by national authorities, 754 km by
                                        departmental authorities and 1,600
                                        km by local authorities (1994)
                                        unpaved: 1,424 km
                             Waterways: none
                     Ports and harbors: Le Port, Pointe des Galets
                       Merchant marine: total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 28,264 GRT/44,885 DWT
                                        note: includes a foreign-owned ship
                                        registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: France 1 (2002 est.)
                                        ships by type: chemical tanker 1
                              Airports: 2 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Reunion
   ----------------
                     Military branches: no regular indigenous military
                                        forces; French forces (including
                                        Army, Navy, Air Force, and
                                        Gendarmerie)
      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 194,485 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 99,251 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 6,243 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
                       Military - note: defense is the responsibility of
                                        France
  
   Transnational Issues Reunion
   ----------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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