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The dependencies of Guadeloupe are three islands or island groups in the Leeward Islands chain which are administratively part of the neighboring French overseas department of Guadeloupe in the French Lesser Antilles. They are nearby island entities to the south and east of Guadeloupe island. Saint-Barthélemy and the French side of Saint-Martin were dependencies of Guadeloupe before they became autonomous. There are now three dependencies:
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- ↑ Garnier, Alain; Lenglet-Cuvellier, Christiane (1990). Mémoires de Martinique et de Guadeloupe (in French). Editions Exbrayat. pp. 83–85. ISBN 978-2-905873-44-6.
- ↑ "Activity details". The Islands of Guadeloupe. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
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