Show isle of martinique martinique west indies possession ot of france is an island square miles in area with a quarter of a million inhabitants or an average of about persons person to the square mile much of the interior is devoid of human life because it cannot be cultivated cultivate dt while more than one fifth of the total number of inhabitants live in and around the capital and ports port fort de france martinique is situated between puerto rico and trinidad in the curving island chain that separates the atlantic ocean from the caribbean just 1260 miles from the panama canal |