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Country (long form)	none
Capital	Castries
Total Area	239.38 sq mi 620.00 sq km (3.5 times the size of Washington, DC)
Population	158,178 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	235,420
Languages	English (official), French patois
Literacy	67.0% total, 65.0% male, 69% female (1980 est.)
Religions	Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3%
Life Expectancy	69.0 male, 76.39 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	Westminster-style parliamentary democracy
Currency	1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
GDP (per capita)	$4,500 (2000 est.)
Industry	clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages, corrugated cardboard boxes, tourism, lime processing, coconut processing
Agriculture	bananas, coconuts, vegetables, citrus, root crops, cocoa
Arable Land	8%
Natural Resources	forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential

St. Lucia, l$uM'sh$$ a; l$$u-s$e'$$ , an island country in the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the Windward Islands of the West Indies.

Windward Islands, an island chain at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea, in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies.