Saint Lucia | |
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Motto: | |
Anthem: | |
Capital and largest city | Castries |
Official languages | English |
Saint Lucian French Creole | |
Ethnic groups |
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Demonym(s) | Saint Lucian |
Government | Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
Cyril Errol Charles | |
Philip J. Pierre | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Senate | |
House of Assembly | |
Independence | |
• from the United Kingdom | 22 February 1979 |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (191st) |
• Water (%) | 1.6 |
Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 184,401 (177th) |
• 2010 census | 165,595 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (29th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $2.480 billion |
• Per capita | $13,708 |
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $1.77 billion |
• Per capita | $9,780 |
Gini (2016) | 51.2 high |
HDI (2019) | 0.759 high · 86th |
Currency | East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
Time zone | UTC−4 |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +1 758 |
ISO 3166 code | LC |
Internet TLD | .lc |
Saint Lucia is a tropical island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It is a part of the Lesser Antilles island group, and it is north of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and south of Martinique. As of 2010 there are about 174,000 people.
The official language is English.Saint Lucian Creole French (Kwéyòl), which is a French-based Creole is spoken by 95% of the people. About 70% of the people are Roman Catholic.