What a surprise to receive this card...thank you so much dear Rosmarie for this really lovely card of Saint Lucia.. another rare flag card for my collection...so appreciative of receiving this card ...I love it... Posted Gablewood: Saint Lucia.: 26 May : Arrived Sydney 22 June.: Traveled 33 days..
GREETINGS FROM SAINT LUCIA.:
SAINT LUCIA ; covers an area of some 617 KM2
POPULATION : of Saint Lucia.is 178,015 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY IS Castries
LOCATION of Saint Lucia is in the Caribbean.
UNIQUE to Saint Lucia is the "Saint Lucia Amazon" amazona versicolar is a parrot species endemic to Saint Lucia and is The National Bird.
VOLCANOES.: Twin Volcanic Cones, The "gros piton" and the "petite piton " are a national symbol and are represented by triangles on the National flag.
FAMOUS : Saint Lucy of Syracuse. Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.
NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS.: Sir Arthur Lewis won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1979 and the poet Derek Walcott received the Nobel prize in Literature in 1992.
HISTORY : Independence for Saint Lucia was achieved on 22 February 1979 from the UK.
CONFLICTS.: France and England fought over Saint Lucia throughout the 17th and early 18th century with the possession changing 14 times between the two countries.
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