Country Profile
Key Facts
Comptroller (Acting)
Name: One of the Windward Islands, Saint Lucia was named after Saint Lucy of Syracuse by the French, the island’s first European settlers, and the only country in the world named after a woman
Date of Membership in CCLEC: (1989 – Miami)
Motto: “The Land, The People, The Light”
Status: Independent – 22nd February 1979
Area: 617 km2 (238 miles2)
GDP: 2016 estimate – $2.083 billion
Population: 2016 est. : 185,000
Capital City: Castries
Official Language: English
Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
