Martinique

Martinique (, ; ; Martinican Creole:  or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles in the eastren Caribbean Sea, wi a land aurie o . Like Guadeloupe, it is an owerseas region o Fraunce, consistin o a single owerseas depairtment. Tae the northwast lees Dominica, tae the sooth St Lucia, an tae the sootheast Barbados. 

As wi the ither overseas depairtments, Martinique is ane o the twinty-seiven regions o Fraunce (being an owerseas region) an an integral pairt o the Republic. The first European tae encoonter the island wis Christopher Columbus in 1493.

As pairt o Fraunce, Martinique is pairt o the European Union, an its currency is the Euro. Its offeecial leid is French, although mony o its inhabitants speak Martinican Creole (kwéyol matniké or kréyol matiniké) an aw.

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Category:Kintras in the Caribbean
Category:Lesser Antilles
Category:Ootermaist regions o the European Union
Category:Owerseas depairtments o Fraunce
Category:Regions o Fraunce
Category:French-speakin kintras