pop (2000e) 178 000; area 848 km²/327 sq mi. One of the two main islands of the French Overseas Department of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, E Caribbean; separated from Grande-Terre I by the narrow Rivière Salée; mountainous, with active volcano Grande Soufrière rising to 1484 m/4869 ft; national park in C of island; capital, Basse-Terre, pop (2000e) 14 500; tourism.
Basse-Terre is the name of the western of the two largest islands of Guadeloupe.
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La Grande Soufrière, the tallest mountain in the Lesser Antilles, is located on the island.
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Basse-Terre is also the préfecture (administrative capital) of France's Caribbean overseas département of Guadeloupe, which is on Basse-Terre island.
The urban area of Basse-Terre had a population of 44,864 inhabitants at the 1999 census, 12,410 of whom lived in the city (commune) proper of Basse-Terre.
Basse-Terre is considered by some to be one of the most beautiful cities in the Caribbean.
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