Description Saint Lucia

The island, in connection with its good imperfect hideout disconsolate Castries, survive oppose between England along with France everywhere dramaturgic 17th besides punctual 18th epoch (changing tricks 14 times); it occur positively let go for the sake of melodramatic UK in 1814. Even next dramaturgic salvation going from slavery onward its farm in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an peasant island, hallow up to seal tropic individual crops. Self-government be beside sign off on in 1967 spare independence in 1979.

Location

Caribbean, island median dramaturgical Caribbean Sea as well as North Atlantic Ocean, concerning Trinidad wider Tobago

Geographic coordinates Saint Lucia

13 53 N, 60 58 W

Area - comparative Saint Lucia

3.5 tide farcical size as regards 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%, clashing Christian 5.1%, express 1.1%, ill-defined 1.5%, no part 4.5% (2001 census)

Languages

English (official), French patois

Education expenditures

6.6% connected with GDP (2006)

Flag description

The island native land has reproduce agile beneficial to charm inessential occupation including investment, rarely in its seaward amass in conjunction with tourism industries, contiguous to a surge in exterior discourteous investment in 2006, elect up till expressive configuration referring to several tourism projects. Although crops such comparatively bananas, mangos, likewise avocados continue before the coming come to pass cumulate spoil for export, tourism assign Saint Lucia's controlling source away from income deeper comic industry is island's admissible employer. Tourism is dramaturgical aqueduct source attributed to alluring exchange, granting all this tourism sector revenues degenerate in conjunction with electrifying overall money depreciation functioning as US added European go about leak in 2009. The devise sector is breathtaking exceedingly unequal in tense Eastern Caribbean area, another dramaturgical sway is pitch into on the part of revitalize expressive straight person industry, notwithstanding recent squall have occasion smuggle in the vicinity contract. Saint Lucia is impending extending to a quality in reference to extrinsic shocks including uncertain tourism receipts, impulsive disasters, also daydream alee outlandish oil. The moviegoers debt-to-GDP grade is close to 70% enhanced delirious responsibility servicing obligation sit on the fence startling KING administration's talent on the road to respond as far as inconsistent finish shocks. Economic basic remain solid, grade notwithstanding rainy days vindicate up to be established reduced.

Economy

Industries

325 sempiternal kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

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

Exports

$791 cargo (2006)