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Castries. Castries / kəˈstriːz / ⓘ is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of just under 70,000, as at May 2013. The city covers 80 km 2 (31 sq mi). [4][5][6] Castries is on a flood plain and is ...
Philip J. Pierre. Philip Joseph Pierre[5] (born 18 September [6] 1954) [7] is a Saint Lucian politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia since 28 July 2021. Pierre serves as the Minister for Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy. [8] He is the Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party since 18 June 2016.
Saint Lucia[ 9 ] is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. [ 10 ] The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs (respectively), two Amerindian peoples. [ 11 ] Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of ...
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LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (commonly referred to as LPL Financial) was founded in 1989 [2] and is considered the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States. As of 2021 the company had more than 17,500 financial advisors, [3] over US$1 trillion in advisory and brokerage assets, [4] and generated approximately $5.9 billion in annual revenue for the 2020 fiscal year.
Hewanorra International Airport (IATA: UVF, ICAO: TLPL), located near Vieux Fort Quarter, Saint Lucia, in the Caribbean, is the larger of Saint Lucia's two airports and is managed by the Saint Lucia Air and Seaports Authority (SLASPA). It is on the southern cape of the island, about 53.4 km (33.2 mi) from the capital city, Castries.
Demographics of Saint Lucia, Data of FAO, year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands. According to the 2018 population census, Saint Lucia has a population of 179,667. [2] The estimated population of 2021 is 179,651 (the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [3] [4]). The population is evenly divided between urban and rural areas.
Once a single-crop agricultural economy, Saint Lucia has shifted to a tourism and banking serviced-based economy. Tourism, the island's biggest industry and main source of jobs, income and foreign exchange, accounts for 65% of its GDP. Agriculture, which was once the biggest industry, now contributes to less than 3% of GDP, but still accounts ...