Saint Lucia
Americas · Caribbean
- Capital
- Castries
Famous for
- Animal Saint Lucia parrot
- Food Green fig and saltfish
- Festival Jounen Kwéyòl
- Landmark Pitons
- Sport Cricket
Three facts
Country
Saint Lucia is the world's only sovereign country named after a woman, Saint Lucy of Syracuse.
Capital: Castries
Castries has a square named for Derek Walcott, one of Saint Lucia's two Nobel laureates.
Flag
The triangles on Saint Lucia's flag are said to echo the Pitons, the twin volcanic spires near Soufrière.
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