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          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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