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Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia sits in Caribbean and uses XCD - Eastern Caribbean dollar ($). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Capital
Castries
Population
184.1K
Area
616 km2
Population
184.1K
184,100 people
Area
616 km2
616 square kilometers
Density
299/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Castries
13.9957, -61.0061
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Saint Lucia, officially listed here as Saint Lucia, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Saint Lucia, LC, LCA, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Saint Lucia is grouped under Americas, more specifically Caribbean, with North America shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 184,100 people and a land area of 616 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 299 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 13.88333333, -60.96666666, while the capital coordinate reference is 13.9957, -61.0061. Saint Lucia has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Castries (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Gros Islet, Castries, Micoud, Vieux Fort and Bisee. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Saint Lucia, capital of Saint Lucia, and major urban areas in Saint Lucia. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as yes, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include Commonwealth and United Nations. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Saint Lucia uses calling code +1, postal format not listed, and time zone data listed as UTC-04:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists XCD - Eastern Caribbean dollar ($), while language records include English. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as WL. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 43.7 for 2015.
How to use this profile
This Saint Lucia profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
LC / LCA
Top-level domains
.lc
Continents
North America
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
WL
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Saint Lucia is represented by the LC country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Gros Islet
Gros-Islet
21,660
City
#2
Castries
Castries
20,000
primary
#3
Micoud
Micoud
16,620
City
#4
Vieux Fort
Vieux-Fort
15,750
City
#5
Bisee
Castries
12,980
City
Governance
Government type
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
Yes
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+1
Postal format
Not listed
Timezones
UTC-04:00
Languages
English
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
43.7
2015