AREA ................................................
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616
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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164.213 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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266,6 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Castries
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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English (official), French patois
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, Rastafarian 2.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)
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CURRENCY ......................................
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East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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6324 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,552 (71th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Caribbean Sea 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Mount Gimie 950 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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22 February 1979 (from UK)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Parliamentary Democracy in the Commonwealth context
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.lc
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+1758
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