FACTOID # 3: Andorrans live the longest, four years longer than in neighbouring France and Spain.
 
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Central America and the Caribbean > Martinique > Background

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The French began to settle this island in 1635, overcoming resistance from the local Carib inhabitants. In 1660, the suviving natives were rounded up and permanently expelled. The island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation.

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SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Martinique, Department of Martinique, Departement de la Martinique

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