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Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is a country in the Caribbean. About 182 000 people live there, in an area of 616 square kilometres. Its capital city is Castries.
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Where is Saint Lucia?
Saint Lucia lies in the Caribbean, on the continent of Americas.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 1 545 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 158 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Saint Lucia?
Saint Lucia covers 616 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 4.2 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 177th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 295.3 people on every square kilometre.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Saint Lucia?
About 182 000 people live in Saint Lucia.
That is the 176th biggest population in the world.
People here speak English.
They pay with the Eastern Caribbean dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 72 years.
The land of Saint Lucia
Its coast runs for about 158 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 8 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Saint Lucia different?
Websites from here often end in .lc.
Saint Lucia and the rest of the world
Fewer than one person in every thousand on Earth lives in Saint Lucia.
It takes up less than a hundredth of one per cent of all the land in the world.
Within Americas the country ranks 30th of 35 by size, and 30th by population.
Nature and animals
The highest mountain in the country is Mount Gimie, at 950 metres. The longest river in the country is the Roseau River. The country has no large natural lake; its largest body of water, Roseau Reservoir, is a reservoir.
Where this country lands in the record lists
How big is Saint Lucia compared with the United States?
- The United States is about 15 215 times as big as Saint Lucia: 9 372 610 km² against 616 km².
- The United Kingdom is about 394 times as big as Saint Lucia: 242 900 km² against 616 km².
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Saint Lucia?
The capital of Saint Lucia is Castries. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Saint Lucia?
About 182 000 people live in Saint Lucia, which makes it the 176th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Saint Lucia?
Saint Lucia covers 616 square kilometres, making it the 177th largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 4.2 times bigger.
What is the highest mountain in Saint Lucia?
The highest mountain in Saint Lucia is Mount Gimie, 950 metres above sea level. It is the country's highest point.
What is the longest river in Saint Lucia?
The longest river in Saint Lucia is the Roseau River.
What is the largest lake in Saint Lucia?
The largest body of water in Saint Lucia is Roseau Reservoir, a reservoir of about 0.22 km²; there is no large natural lake in the country.
Which continent is Saint Lucia in?
Saint Lucia is in Americas, in the part called the Caribbean.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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