- This article is about the city of Basse-Terre. For the island on which the city is located, see Basse-Terre Island. Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, should not be confused with Basseterre the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Coordinates: 15°59′45″N 61°43′45″W / 15.9958°N 61.7292°W / 15.9958; -61.7292 Basse-Terre is the capital city of Guadeloupe, an overseas région and département of France located in the Lesser Antilles.[1] The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western-half of Guadeloupe. Although it is the administrative capital of Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre is only the second largest city in Guadeloupe behind Pointe-à-Pitre, with 44,864 inhabitants in its urban area in 1999 (12,400 of whom lived in the city of Basse-Terre proper). See Basse-Terre Island for the origin of the name Basse-Terre. [edit] History The city was founded in 1643, in the mountainous section of Basse-Terre, one of the two islands which compose Guadeloupe. It was destroyed many times as a consequence of the Anglo-French wars. Today the town is quiet with its French provincial atmosphere and colourful port life. [edit] Sights  Clock tower in the marketplace In town is the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, a 19th century building which has a notable grey stone highlighted by white statues; many other colonial buildings; La place du Champ d'Arbaud, the main square and Le Jardin Pichon, the park adjoining to the south & the Zoological and Botanical Park lies on a 1,500-foot (460 m) hilltop garden on the banks of La Rivière-aux-Herbes. This is a reserve of the plants and animals of Guadeloupe. [edit] Climate | Weather data for Basse-Terre | | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | | Average high °C (°F) | 28
(82) | 28
(82) | 28
(82) | 29
(84) | 30
(86) | 31
(88) | 31
(88) | 31
(88) | 31
(88) | 30
(86) | 29
(84) | 28
(82) | 30
(86) | | Daily mean °C (°F) | 24
(75) | 24
(75) | 25
(77) | 26
(79) | 27
(81) | 27
(81) | 27
(81) | 27
(81) | 27
(81) | 27
(81) | 26
(79) | 25
(77) | 26
(79) | | Average low °C (°F) | 20
(68) | 20
(68) | 21
(70) | 22
(72) | 23
(73) | 24
(75) | 24
(75) | 23
(73) | 23
(73) | 23
(73) | 22
(72) | 21
(70) | 22
(72) | | Precipitation cm (inches) | 8
(3.1) | 6
(2.4) | 7
(2.8) | 11
(4.3) | 15
(5.9) | 12
(4.7) | 16
(6.3) | 19
(7.5) | 23
(9.1) | 22
(8.7) | 22
(8.7) | 14
(5.5) | 178
(70.1) | | Source: Weatherbase[2] | [edit] References - ^ INSEE
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Basse-Terre". http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=79887&refer=&units=metric.
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Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belmopan, Belize
Bridgetown, Barbados
Castries, Saint Lucia
Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands3
Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands1
Fort-de-France, Martinique2
George Town, Cayman Islands1
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy2
Hamilton, Bermuda1
Havana, Cuba | Kingston, Jamaica
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Managua, Nicaragua
Marigot, Saint Martin2
Mexico City, Mexico
Nassau, The Bahamas
Nuuk, Greenland5
Oranjestad, Aruba4
Ottawa, Canada
Panama City, Panama
Brades (de facto), Plymouth (de jure), Montserrat1
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Port-au-Prince, Haiti | Road Town, British Virgin Islands1
Roseau, Dominica
Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon2
San José, Costa Rica
San Juan, Puerto Rico3
San Salvador, El Salvador
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
St. George's, Grenada
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
The Valley, Anguilla1
Washington, D.C., United States
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles4 | | | | 1 Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. 2 Overseas Collectivity or Overseas Department of France. 3 Insular area of the United States. 4 Autonomous region within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 5 Autonomous region within the Kingdom of Denmark. | | -Terre]] |
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