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Castries (/ k ə ˈ s t r iː z / ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of just under 70,000, as at May 2013.
Castries District is one of 10 districts (formerly called quarters) of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. According to the 2012 census, the population of the district was 80,573, having shown a slow but steady increase over the past ten years. [1]
Ages 0–14 made up 24.1% of the population whilst those 65 and over made up 8.6%. Nearly 40% of the island's population lived in the District of Castries, where the nation's capital of the same name is located. Saint Lucia had a fertility rate of 1.4 children per woman in 2021, the lowest in the Americas.
Population Gros Islet Gros Islet 23242 Castries Babonneau: 12,844 Castries Castries East 11782 Castries Castries South 9463 Castries Castries Central 7274 Castries Castries South East 14516 Castries Castries North 11463 Anse la Raye and Canaries Anse la Raye and Canaries 8363 Soufrière Soufrière 8424 Laborie Laborie 8588 [11] Vieux Fort
[2] 2.2% of the population is East Indian (3,575 residents in 2010) and 0.6% white (991). Saint Lucia also has a small Amerindian (Carib) population. During the past decades the Amerindian (Carib) increased from 366 at the 1991 census (0.3% of the population), 803 at the 2001 census (0.5% of the population) to 951 in 2010 (0.6% of the population).
The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district. Table ... Castries: 20,000: 11.1%:
Population: 183,627 (2023 est.) / World Rank: 189 [3] Capital City: Castries, Castries District, in northern Saint Lucia [1] Largest City: Castries, population 53,000 (2000 est.) [1] The valley between the two twin peaks, Petit Piton and Gros Piton, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are two international airports in Saint Lucia.
Between 1991 and 2001, the population rose 54%; [6] the biggest increase in the country. In 2001, the population of Gros Islet was 19,409, making it the second-most populous community in Saint Lucia, up from 13,505 in the 1991 census and 10,164 in the 1980 census. [6] Of that number, 9,307 were male and 10,102 were female. [6]