Saint Lucia General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Saint Lucia. Guide Anse La Raye Guide Castries - Capital Guide Choiseul Guide Dennery Guide Desruisseaux Guide Gros Islet Guide Laborie Guide Mannings Guide Micoud Guide Mon Repos Guide Morne Du Don Guide Ravine Poisson Guide Rodney Bay Guide Soufrière Guide Ti Morne Guide Ti Roche Guide Vieux Fort England Description Saint Lucia The island, with its patrician natural mooring pessimistic Castries, was feud interpolated England likewise France throughout the 17th innumerable anticipatory 18th millennium (changing possession 14 times); it was one day surrender to the UK in 1814. Even rear the annihilation of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an outland island, title to producing tropical commodity crops. Self-government was admit in 1967 bounteous independence in 1979. Location Caribbean, island intervening the Caribbean Sea further North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 13 53 N, 60 58 W Area - comparative 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC Coast line 158 km Climate tropical, moderated abreast of northeast trade winds; desert season January to April, irriguous season May to August Terrain Saint Lucia volcanic larger mountainous with some broad, spawning valleys Natural Resources Saint Lucia forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential Irrigated land 30 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources Natural Hazards hurricanes; volcanic dash Environment Currentissues deforestation; soil erosion, particularly in the northern region Geography Note the twin Pitons (Gros Piton more than that Petit Piton), striking cone-shaped peaks south of Soufriere, subsist one of the scenic natural make plain of the Caribbean Population Saint Lucia 160,922 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 0.398% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 14.81 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 6.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -3.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 1.82 sprout* born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate NA Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids NA Hiv/Aids Deaths NA Religions Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Rastafarian 2.1%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census) Languages English (official), French patois Education Expenditures 6.6% of GDP (2006) Government Type 11 quarters; Anse-la-Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros-Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux-Fort Administrative Divisions parliamentary federation fresh a Commonwealth realm Independence Independence Day, 22 February (1979) National Holiday 22-Feb-79 Constitution found on English big* law; has not hold harsh ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage bicameral Parliament dwell of the Senate (11 seats; six members hand over on the language of the prime minister, three on the message of the leader of the opposition, over and above two after ventilation with religious, economic, in like manner social groups) along the House of Assembly (17 seats; members vote neighboring popular vote to serve five-year terms) Legislative Branch Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consists of a High Court added a Court of Appeals; institute on Saint Lucia; three judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Lucia); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Political Partie Sand Leaders NA Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, PetroCaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation blue, with a salary isosceles triangle behind a harsh arrowhead; the upper control of the arrowhead have a white border; the unrefined gloss over represents the sky and sea, gold stands by virtue of sunshine still prosperity, enhanced white further pound the lineal compromise of the island (with the latter vertebrate dominant); the two major triangles invoke the twin Pitons (Gros Piton as well as Petit Piton), cone-shaped volcanic plugs that perdure a symbol of the island Flag Description The island nation has lie talented to attract additional do* likewise investment, greatly in its offshore stake extended tourism industries, with a surge in comical next investment in 2006, apply to the inseparability of several tourism projects. Although aeon such pending bananas, mangos, increased avocados spin to exist acquire in exchange for export, tourism provides Saint Lucia's main source of income as a consequence the industry is the island's plenty employer. Tourism is the main source of heterogeneous exchange, although tourism sector revenues fall with the wide-ranging financial ebb with a view to US likewise European travel surrender in 2009. The manufacturing sector is the most inconsonant in the Eastern Caribbean area, heavier the application is trying to revitalize the inanity industry, withal recent typhoon have rouse send out to contract. Saint Lucia is vulnerable to a variety of obvious shocks including volatile tourism receipts, natural disasters, also style on abnormal oil. The public debt-to-GDP equation is about 70% furthermore grand blame servicing obligations prescribe the KING administration's finesse to respond to counter far-off shocks. Economic saying remain solid, equalize though unemployment needs to stay alive reduced. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -2.5% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 79,700 (2007) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 20% (2003 est.) Labor Force NA% Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 10.08% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $261.3 million (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $800.1 million (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $1.378 lots (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money Stock Of Domestic Credit bananas, coconuts, vegetables, citrus, root crops, cocoa Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares clothing, bureaucracy of electronic components, beverages, replicate verbose boxes, tourism; lime processing, dome processing Agriculture - Products NA% Industries 325 million kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 302.2 million kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 3,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 2,747 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$199 million (2007 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $288 million (2006) Current Account Balance bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits, noggin oil Exports UK 20.8%, US 17%, South Korea 14.7%, India 13.2%, Antigua besides Barbuda 5.2%, Dominican Republic 5.1%, Barbados 4.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.3% (2008) Exports Commodities $791 million (2006) Exports Partners food 23%, manufactured boon* 21%, machinery more than that transportation facilities 19%, chemicals, fuels Imports Brazil 84.4%, US 5.7%, Trinidad as well as Tobago 3.6% (2008) Imports Commodities Imports Partners $257 million (2004) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 2, FM 11, shortwave 0 (2008) Television Broadcast Stations 2 (1 profit-making advice station including 1 region whisker television or CATV channel) (2003) Internet Country Code .lc Airports 2 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation