Saunt Lucia

Saunt Lucia
Saunt Lucia; Saint Lucia
	Banner Coat o airms
	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
Lairgest ceety	capital
Offeecial leids	Inglis
Vernacular; leids	Saunt Lucian Creole French
Ethnic groups (2010)	70.3% Afro-Caribbean; 10.8% Mulatto; 10% Dougla; 2.2% Indo-Caribbean; 5.6% White Caribbean; 0.6% Carib;
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

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.

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[1]
"About St. Lucia". Castries, St. Lucia: St. Lucia Tourist Board. Archived frae the original on 5 Juin 2013. The official language spoken in Saint Lucia is English although many Saint Lucians also speak a French dialect, Creole (Kwéyòl).
[2]
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (U.S. Department of State) (12 August 2011). "Background Note: Saint Lucia". United States Department of State. Retrieved 11 November 2011. Languages: English (official); a French patois is common throughout the country.
[3]
"Saint Lucia". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 21 Apryle 2012.
[4]
"2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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"About St. Lucia". Castries, St. Lucia: St. Lucia Tourist Board. Archived frae the original on 5 Juin 2013. The official language spoken in Saint Lucia is English although many Saint Lucians also speak a French dialect, Creole (Kwéyòl).

[usstate-bgnote-2] [2]
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (U.S. Department of State) (12 August 2011). "Background Note: Saint Lucia". United States Department of State. Retrieved 11 November 2011. Languages: English (official); a French patois is common throughout the country.

[imf2-3] [3]
"Saint Lucia". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 21 Apryle 2012.

[HDI-4] [4]
"2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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Saunt Lucia Saint Lucia
Banner Coat o airms
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
Lairgest ceety	capital
Offeecial leids	Inglis
Vernacular leids	Saunt Lucian Creole French^[1]^[2]
Ethnic groups (2010)	70.3% Afro-Caribbean 10.8% Mulatto 10% Dougla 2.2% Indo-Caribbean 5.6% White Caribbean 0.6% Carib
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^[3]
• Per capita	$12,927^[3]
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Tot	$1.239 billion^[3]
• Per capita	$7,769^[3]
HDI (2014)	0.729^[4] 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