FAST FACTS

• Name: St Lucia
  (long form) Saint Lucia
• Capital City: Castries (61,341 pop.)
• St Lucia Population: (2010 est.)
• World Populations (all countries)
• Currency: East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
  (conversion rates)
  
  
  One-Hundred East Caribbean Dollars
• Ethnicity: Black 82.5%, Mixed 11.9%, East Indian 2.4%, other or unspecified 3.1% (2001 census)
• GDP total: $1.789 billion (2010 est.)
• GDP per capita: $11,100 (2010 est.)
• Land Sizes
• Language: English (official), French patois
• Largest Cities: (by population) Bisee (suburb of Castries), Castries, Vieux Fort, Micoud, Soufriere, Dennery, Gros Islet, Anse La Raye, Laborie, Canaries
• Name: St. Lucia was named after Saint Lucy of Syracuse by the early French colonizers
• National Day: December 13
• Religion: 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)
• Symbols

Cruise ships Castries Harbor, St. Lucia D G Brown at en.wikipedia.org