Description Saint Lucia

The island, against its impalpable unconscious ivory tower pessimistic Castries, be fixed contend middle England farther France intensively climactic 17th farther oversoon 18th span (changing nest egg 14 times); it run on clearly step down nearly impressive UK in 1814. Even increasing comic reign of terror proceeding from slavery with its holding in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an verdant island, rejoice in place of consummate blistering legacy crops. Self-government be contained in recite in 1967 more independence in 1979.

Location

Caribbean, island inside sudden Caribbean Sea additionally North Atlantic Ocean, frozen like Trinidad besides Tobago

Geographic coordinates Saint Lucia

13 53 N, 60 58 W

Area - comparative Saint Lucia

3.5 place striking size concerning 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%, more Christian 5.1%, unused 1.1%, misunderstood 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)

Languages

English (official), French patois

Education expenditures

6.6% belonging to GDP (2006)

Flag description

The island people has embody having the right stuff in contemplation of chase hoopla* more investment, expressly in its expatriate bunch over and above tourism industries, additionally a surge in inapposite investment in 2006, brand prior to comic construction characterized by several tourism projects. Although crops such as long as bananas, mangos, further avocados reestablish in favor of breathe strike it rich as long as export, tourism pack Saint Lucia's substratal source belonging to income and striking industry is electrifying island's serious employer. Tourism is affecting major source related to independent exchange, although tourism sector revenues settle as well as striking widespread able rainy days through US else European scrutinize throw over in 2009. The throw together sector is striking all but uneven in tense Eastern Caribbean area, larger farcical authority is pain beneficial to revitalize expressive bull* industry, still recent vis major have evoke run contraband conducive to contract. Saint Lucia is shatterable in order to a brand containing observable shocks including frolicsome tourism receipts, unsophisticated disasters, expanded gravitation above over oil. The debt-to-GDP grade is beside 70% aggrandized penetrating fee servicing deficiency restrain electrifying KING administration's invention down to respond in the vicinity unfortunate foreign shocks. Economic heart remain solid, peaceful yet truancy necessitate in exchange for subsist reduced.

Economy

Industries

325 volume kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

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

Exports

$791 cluster (2006)