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About St. Lucia St. Lucia (pronounced – Saint Loo-Sha) “The Helen of the West” lies roughly between 60° and 61° West Longitude and 13° and 14° North Latitude. It is approximately 1300 miles southeast of Florida, in the Windward Islands. These Windward Islands are part of the Lesser Antilles, which are in turn part of the West Indies. This 238 square mile jewel is 21 miles from its nearest neighbor, the French island of Martinique, 24 miles north of St. Vincent and 100 miles northwest of Barbados. The island possesses some of the finest natural harbors in the Caribbean and is centrally located within easy reach of the rest of the region and North America. St. Lucia is part of the British Commonwealth since 1814 and has been an independent nation since 1979. The Island changed hands between the French and the British 14 times. Castries, the capital, is the main port and the largest city on the island. The city was destroyed four times between 1796 and 1948 and was rebuilt making it one of the most modern capitals in the Caribbean.
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