Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia | |
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| Motto: “The Land, The People, The Light“ | |
| Anthem: “Sons and Daughters of Saint Lucia“ | |
.svg) Location of Saint Lucia (circled in red) in the Caribbean | |
| Capital and largest city | Castries 13°53′00″N 60°58′00″W / 13.88333°N 60.96667°W[1] |
| Official languages | English |
| Vernacular languages | St. Lucian Creole[2] |
| Ethnic groups (2010[3]) | |
| Religion (2010)[4] |
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| Demonym(s) | Saint Lucian |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
| Errol Charles (acting) | |
| Philip J. Pierre | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| House of Assembly | |
| Independence | |
| 1 March 1967 | |
• Independence from the United Kingdom | 22 February 1979 |
| Area | |
• Total | 617 km2 (238 sq mi) (178th) |
• Water (%) | 1.6 |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate |  178,696[5] (177th) |
• 2010 census | 165,595 |
• Density | 299.4/km2 (775.4/sq mi) (29th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $3.399 billion[6] (182nd) |
• Per capita | $18,435[6] (90th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | $2.262 billion[6] (186th) |
• Per capita | $12,264[6] (70th) |
| Gini (2016) | 51.2[7] high |
| HDI (2021) |  0.715[8]high · 106th |
| Currency | E.C Dollar (XCD) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +1 758 |
| ISO 3166 code | LC |
| Internet TLD | .lc |
