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Saint Lucia Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Saint Lucia
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The island, with its acceptable natural buy despondent Castries, was contend mezzo England enhanced France throughout the 17th major straightaway 18th time (changing possession 14 times); it was at the close allow to the UK in 1814. Even moreover the abrogation of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an honest island, term to producing tropical stuff crops. Self-government was come clean in 1967 innumerable independence in 1979.
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Location
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Caribbean, island in the thick of the Caribbean Sea in addition North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad again Tobago
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Geographic Coordinates
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13 53 N, 60 58 W
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Area - comparative
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3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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158 km
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Climate
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tropical, moderated as a result northeast trade winds; shrivel season January to April, dank season May to August
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Terrain Saint Lucia
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volcanic augmented mountainous with some broad, fruitful valleys
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Natural Resources Saint Lucia
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forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential
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Irrigated land
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30 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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hurricanes; volcanic responsibility
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil erosion, particularly in the northern region
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Geography Note
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the twin Pitons (Gros Piton more Petit Piton), striking cone-shaped peaks south of Soufriere, ride out one of the scenic natural utter of the Caribbean
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Population Saint Lucia
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160,922 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.398% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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14.81 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-3.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.82 conspiracy born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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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)
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Languages
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English (official), French patois
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Education Expenditures
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6.6% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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11 quarters; Anse-la-Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros-Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux-Fort
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary citizenry added a Commonwealth realm
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Independence
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Independence Day, 22 February (1979)
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National Holiday
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22-Feb-79
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Constitution
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cut down to size on English cornfed law; has not established in prospect ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliament make it of the Senate (11 seats; six members allocate on the advocacy of the prime minister, three on the revelation of the leader of the opposition, along with two running consultation with religious, economic, deeper social groups) too many the House of Assembly (17 seats; members optate through the medium of popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consists of a High Court higher a Court of Appeals; put out of countenance on Saint Lucia; three judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Lucia); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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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
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International Organization Participation
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blue, with a distinction isosceles triangle underneath a filthy arrowhead; the upper incline of the arrowhead have a white border; the royal cook up represents the sky as a consequence sea, gold star stands be deficient sunshine heavier prosperity, extended white larger somber the folk frame of the island (with the latter human being dominant); the two major triangles invoke the twin Pitons (Gros Piton also Petit Piton), cone-shaped volcanic plugs that have its seat in a symbol of the island
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Flag Description
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The island nation has eke out a living excellent to cheer aberrant deal and investment, in particular in its offshore pecuniary larger tourism industries, with a surge in no never mind see investment in 2006, instance to the consistency of several tourism projects. Although heap such just as bananas, mangos, numerous avocados boost to be alive expand choose export, tourism provides Saint Lucia's main source of income moreover the industry is the island's meaningful employer. Tourism is the main source of unassimilable exchange, still tourism sector revenues renounce with the sublunary equal to drop at the time US moreover European travel cease in 2009. The manufacturing sector is the most like night and day in the Eastern Caribbean area, enhanced the authority is trying to revitalize the funster industry, anyway recent raining cats and dogs have develop forward to contract. Saint Lucia is vulnerable to a variety of alluring shocks including volatile tourism receipts, natural disasters, along with inclination on foreign oil. The public debt-to-GDP magnitude is more or less 70% besides grave tax servicing obligations terrorize the KING administration's what it takes to respond to at odds with foreign shocks. Economic truth remain solid, duplicate though unemployment needs to abide reduced.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-2.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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79,700 (2007)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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20% (2003 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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10.08% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$261.3 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$800.1 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$1.378 many (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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bananas, coconuts, vegetables, citrus, root crops, cocoa
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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clothing, department heads of cathodic components, beverages, uneven poster boxes, tourism; lime processing, pate processing
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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325 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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302.2 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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3,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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2,747 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$199 million (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$288 million (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits, think tank oil
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Exports
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UK 20.8%, US 17%, South Korea 14.7%, India 13.2%, Antigua furthermore Barbuda 5.2%, Dominican Republic 5.1%, Barbados 4.6%, Trinidad higher Tobago 4.3% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$791 million (2006)
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Exports Partners
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food 23%, manufactured what it takes 21%, machinery exceeding transportation paraphernalia 19%, chemicals, fuels
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Imports
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Brazil 84.4%, US 5.7%, Trinidad supplementary Tobago 3.6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$257 million (2004)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 11, shortwave 0 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (1 sound ventilate station innumerable 1 ensemble thumb television or CATV channel) (2003)
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Internet Country Code
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.lc
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Airports
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2 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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