Guadeloupe

CaribbeanCapital Basse-TerreTerritory

Guadeloupe is a French overseas department connected to France, in the Caribbean, North America. Its main town is Basse-Terre.

A way to remember it

A butterfly shape in the Lesser Antilles, with its two wings split by a narrow channel, north of Dominica.

Good to know

It is an overseas region of France, so it is part of the European Union.