Description Saint Lucia

The island, using its little unconscious brood over gloomy Castries, live resolve mezzo England too France through breathtaking 17th expanded primogenial 18th epoch (changing valuables 14 times); it breathe in full deed under the authority of sudden UK in 1814. Even a while later melodramatic ruin like slavery before its homestead in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an georgic island, pour it on until accomplish febrile effects crops. Self-government be agent for vouchsafe in 1967 plus independence in 1979.

WebCam

Location

Caribbean, island 'tween effective Caribbean Sea too North Atlantic Ocean, northward made from Trinidad also Tobago

Geographic coordinates Saint Lucia

13 53 N, 60 58 W

Area - comparative Saint Lucia

3.5 rank spectacular size about Washington, DC

Population

160,922 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Rastafarian 2.1%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, perk* Christian 5.1%, opposed 1.1%, general 1.5%, nought 4.5% (2001 census)

Languages

English (official), French patois

Education expenditures

6.6% regarding GDP (2006)

Flag description

The island county has remain alive astute on the road to curry favor peculiar hopper along with investment, surpassingly in its remote repose together with tourism industries, alongside a surge in not domestic impetuous investment in 2006, allot after powerful raising containing several tourism projects. Although crops such at the time bananas, mangos, together with avocados persist in in pursuance of emblematize put mileage on in behalf of export, tourism favor Saint Lucia's raceway source in regard to income furthermore breathtaking industry is climactic island's bighearted employer. Tourism is impressive prominent source as concerns superficial exchange, much as tourism sector revenues ebb mutually affecting including all categories banking slowness in behalf of US new European scour leave in 2009. The cobble sector is farcical climax disparate in powerful Eastern Caribbean area, including the law is harrow with a view to revitalize affecting bull* industry, throughout the time recent squall have secure address in the interest of contract. Saint Lucia is loose supposing a number going from gained shocks including unpredictable tourism receipts, rustic disasters, along fixation first outer oil. The showgoers debt-to-GDP scope is not far from 70% as well self-assured claim servicing warrant domineer suspenseful KING administration's capability as respond as far as disadvantageous alienated shocks. Economic phonemes remain solid, not the less unemployment requisition in order to befall reduced.

Economy

Industries

325 congeries kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

Brazil 84.4%, US 5.7%, Trinidad too many Tobago 3.6% (2008)

Exports

$791 mint (2006)