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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Saint Lucia:

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

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located in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the eastern Caribbean Sea adjacent to the North Atlantic Ocean. Saint Lucia is located north of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It is also known as the "Helen of the West Indies" because it switched between British and French control so often it was likened to the mythical

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. Saint Lucia is one of the Windward Islands, named for Saint Lucy of Syracuse. It was first visited by Europeans in about the year 1500 and first colonized successfully by France who signed a treaty with the native Carib peoples in 1660. Great Britain took control of the island from 1663 to 1667 then went to war with France over it fourteen times, and finally took complete control in 1814. Representative government came about in 1924 (with universal adult

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from 1953) and from 1958 to 1962 the island was a member of the Federation of the West Indies. Finally, on February 22, 1979, Saint Lucia became an independent state of the Commonwealth of Nations. The island nation celebrates this every year with a public holiday.

General reference

* Pronunciation: * Common English country name:

* Official English country name:

* Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): *

Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...

(s): * Etymology: Name of Saint Lucia * ISO country codes: LC, LCA, 662 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:LC * Internet country code top-level domain:

.lc .lc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Saint Lucia, sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico and created on September 3, 1991. The registry is operated by Afilias and markets towards companies structured as LCs, LLCs ...

Geography of Saint Lucia

Geography of Saint Lucia * Saint Lucia is... ** an island ** a country *** an island country *** a nation state *** a Commonwealth realm * Location: ** Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere ***

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(though not on the mainland) ** Atlantic Ocean ***

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Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

***** Antilles ****** Lesser Antilles ******* Windward Islands ** Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time ( UTC-04) ** Extreme points of Saint Lucia *** High:

Mount Gimie Mount Gimie is the tallest mountain on the island of Saint Lucia. It is located in the Canries District on the west side of Saint Lucia. The mountain's peak reaches . It is covered by lush tropical rainforest and was formed as the result of in ...

*** Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: 158 km * Population of Saint Lucia: 165,000 - 180th most populous country * * Area of Saint Lucia: 620 km² * Atlas of Saint Lucia

Environment of Saint Lucia

* Climate of Saint Lucia * Renewable energy in Saint Lucia * Geology of Saint Lucia * Protected areas of Saint Lucia ** Biosphere reserves in Saint Lucia ** National parks of Saint Lucia * Wildlife of Saint Lucia ** Fauna of Saint Lucia ***

Birds of Saint Lucia Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight s ...

*** Mammals of Saint Lucia

Natural geographic features of Saint Lucia

* Fjords of Saint Lucia * Glaciers of Saint Lucia *

Islands of Saint Lucia Almost all of the Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands are re ...

* Lakes of Saint Lucia *

Mountains of Saint Lucia A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

** Volcanoes in Saint Lucia *

Rivers of Saint Lucia This is a list of rivers in the island country of Saint Lucia. Rivers are listed in clockwise order, starting at the north end of the island. Rivers There are 180 streams in Saint Lucia. Most of the rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean or Car ...

** Waterfalls of Saint Lucia * Valleys of Saint Lucia * World Heritage Sites in Saint Lucia

Regions of Saint Lucia

Districts of Saint Lucia (first order) * Cities in Saint Lucia

Ecoregions of Saint Lucia

List of ecoregions in Saint Lucia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

* Ecoregions in Saint Lucia

Demography of Saint Lucia

Demographics of Saint Lucia This is a demography of the population of Saint Lucia including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population According to the 20 ...

Government and politics of Saint Lucia

Politics of Saint Lucia *

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of Saint Lucia:

Castries Castries is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of 70,000, as at May 2013. The city stretches o ...

Elections in Saint Lucia Elections in Saint Lucia gives information on election and election results in Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia elects on national level a legislature. The Legislature has two chambers. The House of Assembly has 17 members, elected for a five-year term i ...

* Political parties in Saint Lucia

Branches of the government of Saint Lucia

Government of Saint Lucia Politics of Saint Lucia takes place in the framework of an independent parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy, with King Charles III as its head of state, represented by a Governor General, who acts on the advice of the prime ministe ...

Executive branch of the government of Saint Lucia

* Head of state:

Monarch of Saint Lucia The monarchy of Saint Lucia is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of Saint Lucia. The current monarch and head of state, since 8 September 2022, is King Charles III. As sovereign, he is the p ...

, * Head of government: Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, *

Cabinet of Saint Lucia General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 26 July 2021, having been constitutionally required by 12 October 2021. Voters elected all 17 members of the House of Assembly. The result was a victory for the opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party, w ...

Legislative branch of the government of Saint Lucia

* Parliament of Saint Lucia (

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) ** Upper house: Senate of Saint Lucia **

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: House of Commons of Saint Lucia

Judicial branch of the government of Saint Lucia

Court system of Saint Lucia * Supreme Court of Saint Lucia

Foreign relations of Saint Lucia

Foreign relations of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia maintains friendly relations with the major powers active in the Caribbean, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and France. Saint Lucia has no extant international disputes, aside from tension resulting from th ...

* Diplomatic missions in Saint Lucia *

Diplomatic missions of Saint Lucia This is a list of diplomatic missions of Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia has a modest number of diplomatic missions appropriate to the country's size. Its embassy and mission to the European Union in Brussels and its embassy in Morocco is shared with o ...

International organization membership

Saint Lucia is a member of: * African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) *

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean The OPANAL (which stands for el Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe) is an international organization which promotes a non-aggression pact and nuclear disarmament in much of the Americas. In Eng ...

(OPANAL) *

Caribbean Community and Common Market The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econom ...

(Caricom) * Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) * Commonwealth of Nations * Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) *

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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...

(IBRD) * International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) * International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory) *

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(Interpol) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

(IDA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) *

International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; french: link=no, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address ...

(IFAD) * International Labour Organization (ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

(IMO) * International Monetary Fund (IMF) * International Olympic Committee (IOC) * International Organization for Standardization (ISO) *

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(ICRM) * International Telecommunication Union (ITU) * International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) *

Nonaligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The movement originated in the aftermath ...

(NAM) *'' Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' (OIF) * Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) *

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(OAS) * Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) * United Nations (UN) * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) *

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(UNESCO) * United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) * Universal Postal Union (UPU) * World Confederation of Labour (WCL) * World Customs Organization (WCO) * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) * World Health Organization (WHO) * World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) * World Meteorological Organization (WMO) * World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Saint Lucia

Law of Saint Lucia Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

Constitution of Saint Lucia A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When these pri ...

Crime in Saint Lucia Crime in Saint Lucia has become a major problem. It is investigated by the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force. Crime by type Murder In 2012, Saint Lucia had a murder rate of 21.6 per 100,000 population. There were a total of 39 murders in Sai ...

* Human rights in Saint Lucia **

LGBT rights in Saint Lucia Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people living in Saint Lucia face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT members of the population. Same-sex sexual activity is illegal for males, though the law is not enforced. Same-sex sexua ...

** Freedom of religion in Saint Lucia *

Law enforcement in Saint Lucia The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) is the agency responsible for law enforcement in Saint Lucia. It was founded in 1834. Organisation The Commissioner of Police is ''Crusita Descartes-Pelius'', who commands 957 police officers and civil ...

Military of Saint Lucia

Military of Saint Lucia Military branches: No regular military force; the ''Special Service Unit'', and the ''Coast Guard'', are both under the command of the Royal Saint Lucia Police. Manpower available for military service: Males age 16-49: 41,414 (2010 est.) Manpow ...

* Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of Saint Lucia * Forces ** Army of Saint Lucia **

Navy of Saint Lucia A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...

** Air Force of Saint Lucia ** Special forces of Saint Lucia * Military history of Saint Lucia *

Military ranks of Saint Lucia A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

Local government in Saint Lucia

History of Saint Lucia

History of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia was inhabited by the Arawak and Kalinago Caribs before European contact in the early 16th century. It was colonized by the British and French in the 17th century and was the subject of several possession changes until 1814, when it w ...

* Timeline of the history of Saint Lucia * Current events of Saint Lucia * Military history of Saint Lucia

Culture of Saint Lucia

Culture of Saint Lucia *

Architecture of Saint Lucia Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...

* Cuisine of Saint Lucia * Festivals in Saint Lucia *

Languages of Saint Lucia This is a demography of the population of Saint Lucia including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population According to the ...

* Media in Saint Lucia * National symbols of Saint Lucia ** Coat of arms of Saint Lucia ** Flag of Saint Lucia **

National anthem of Saint Lucia "Sons and Daughters of Saint Lucia" is the national anthem of Saint Lucia. The lyrics were written by Charles Jesse and the music by Leton Felix Thomas. It was adopted in 1967 when the country achieved self-government from the United Kingdom ...

* People of Saint Lucia * Public holidays in Saint Lucia * Records of Saint Lucia *

Religion in Saint Lucia This is a demography of the population of Saint Lucia including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population According to the 20 ...

** Christianity in Saint Lucia ** Hinduism in Saint Lucia ** Islam in Saint Lucia ** Judaism in Saint Lucia ** Sikhism in Saint Lucia * World Heritage Sites in Saint Lucia

Art in Saint Lucia

* Art in Saint Lucia * Cinema of Saint Lucia * Literature of Saint Lucia * Music of Saint Lucia * Television in Saint Lucia * Theatre in Saint Lucia

Sports in Saint Lucia

Sports in Saint Lucia *

Football in Saint Lucia The sport of association football in the country of Saint Lucia is run by the Saint Lucia Football Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the SLFA First Division The SLFA First Division (previously known ...

Saint Lucia at the Olympics Saint Lucia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. To date, no athlete from Saint Lucia has ever w ...

Economy and infrastructure of Saint Lucia

Economy of Saint Lucia * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 169th (one hundred and sixty ninth) * Agriculture in Saint Lucia * Banking in Saint Lucia ** National Bank of Saint Lucia * Communications in Saint Lucia ** Internet in Saint Lucia * Companies of Saint Lucia * Currency of Saint Lucia: Dollar **

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XCD XCD can refer to: * XCD, ISO 4217 currency code for the Eastern Caribbean dollar The Eastern Caribbean dollar (symbol: EC$; code: XCD) is the currency of all seven full members and one associate member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean St ...

* Energy in Saint Lucia **

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** Oil industry in Saint Lucia * Mining in Saint Lucia * Tourism in Saint Lucia * Transport in Saint Lucia * Saint Lucia Stock Exchange

Education in Saint Lucia

Infrastructure of Saint Lucia

* Health care in Saint Lucia * Transportation in Saint Lucia **

Airports in Saint Lucia List of airports in Saint Lucia, sorted by location. __TOC__ List See also Transport in Saint Lucia* List of airports by ICAO code: T#TL - Saint Lucia * Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Saint Lucia ...

** Rail transport in Saint Lucia ** Roads in Saint Lucia *

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References

External links

Official website of the Government of Saint Lucia
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Official website
of the Saint Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority
Official website of Saint Lucia Meteorological Services

Portal of the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority

Saint Lucia - Simply Beautiful

Pictures & Images of St. Lucia

The Technical Analysis Society of St. Lucia

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