What the records say
- When
- 1979
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Saint Lucia
- Coordinates
- 13.89° N, 60.98° W
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 121000
- Area km2
- 616
- Gaining
- St. Lucia
- Losing
- United Kingdom
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Saint Lucia
Country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern and southern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617 km2 (238 sq mi) with an officially estimated population of over 184,100 people as of mid 2023. The nation's capital and largest city is Castries.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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