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Soufrière District
Soufrière is a district on the Southwest coast of Saint Lucia in the West Indies. Soufrière was the former capital of Saint Lucia during times of French rule. It is now a small fishing port with an emerging tourism industry. It has several tourist sites, including a "drive-in" volcano, the Diamond Botanical Gardens with waterfall (briefly featured in ''Superman II'') and historic mineral baths, plus the nearby beaches of Anse Chastanet to the north and Malgretout to the south. History The name Soufrière came from the French who dominated during the 1700s. The French word Soufrière means volcanic area or ''sulphur in the air''. The nearby plantation at Anse Mamin, formerly Malmaison, was at one time owned by Gaspard-Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie father of Josephine de Beauharnais. Although the exact locale of her birth has been the subject of dispute by historians -notable figures such as Henry H Breen, Mayor of Castries and Mme. Darlas Delomel, her childhood friend c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarters Of Saint Lucia
The island nation of Saint Lucia is divided into 10 districts (formerly called Quarters). The name ''Quarters'' or ''Quartiers'' originally came from the French period in Saint Lucia (Sainte Lucie in French). The 2001 and 2010 Census of Saint Lucia refers to the first level administrative divisions as ''districts''. The Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS and International Organization for Standardization, ISO standards regularly called these divisions ''quarters'' or ''quartiers'' in French. The former district of Dauphin Quarter was merged into Gros Islet Quarter, Gros Islet District and the former district of Praslin Quarter was merged into Micoud Quarter, Micoud District. History After the French claimed title of Saint Lucia in 1744, commandant de Rougueville divided Saint Lucia into districts and parishes. Quarters were administrative districts for the control of settlers and slaves. The French Surveyor General of Saint Lucia, M. Raussaim, initially divided Sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
