60°58′W / 13.883°N 60.967°W / 13.883; -60.967
Saunt Lucia (pronounced /seɪnt ˈluːʃə/ (deprecatit template); French: Sainte-Lucie) is an island kintra in the eastren Caribbean Sea on the boondary wi the Atlantic Ocean. Pairt o the Lesser Antilles, it is locatit north/northeast o the island o Saunt Vincent, northwast o Barbados an sooth o Martinique. It covers a land aurie o 620 km2 (238 sq mi) an haes an estimatit population o 173,765 (2009 census). Its caipital is Castries. The island naition haes been the hame o twa Nobel laureates, Arthur Lewis an Derek Walcott. It is the naition wi the seicont maist sic honorees per capita efter the Faroe Islands.
Saunt Lucia Saint Lucia | |
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Motto: "The Land, The People, The Light" | |
Anthem: Sons an Daughters o Saunt Lucia | |
Location o Saunt Lucia (circled in reid) in the Caribbean (licht yellae) | |
Caipital | Castries 14°1′N 60°59′W / 14.017°N 60.983°W |
Lairgest ceety | capital |
Offeecial leids | Inglis |
Vernacular leids | Saunt Lucian Creole French |
Ethnic groups (2010) |
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Demonym(s) | Saunt Lucian |
Govrenment | Pairlamentary democracy unner constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Elizabeth II |
• Govrenor-General | Cyril Errol Charles |
• Prime Meenister | Philip J. Pierre |
Legislatur | Pairlament |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Hoose o Assembly |
Unthirldom | |
• Associatit State | 1 Mairch 1967 |
• frae the Unitit Kinrick | 22 Februar 1979 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 617 km2 (238 sq mi) (191st) |
• Water (%) | 1.6 |
Population | |
• 2014 (Warld bank data) census | 183,600 |
• Density | 298/km2 (771.8/sq mi) (41st) |
GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | $2.101 billion |
• Per capita | $12,927 |
GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
• Tot | $1.239 billion |
• Per capita | $7,769 |
HDI (2014) | 0.729 heich · 89t |
Currency | East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
Time zone | UTC−4 |
Drivin side | left |
Cawin code | +1 758 |
ISO 3166 code | LC |
Internet TLD | .lc |
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