Emma Vogel

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Honors Issues
10 March 2015

What are the major resources in my country? Minerals like Pumice, Mineral springs, very high
geothermal potential
What is the currency? East Caribbean Dollar.. 1 dollar= 2.70 East Caribbean
What is the weather like? Mostly sunny! Rain showers common
What time zone? Eastern Caribbean Time Zone
What is the population and capital? 182,273, Castries
Education systems? Great schools, lots of charter schools and universities
What language is most dominant? English. French Creole
What is the geography? Many Mountains and exotic plants
HOw is the economy? Tourism is the main source for jobs,, providing a fairly good economy.
Exports: $206.8 million (2013 est.): bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, avocados, mangoes, coconut
oil. Imports: $592.7 million (2013 est.): food 23%, manufactured goods 21%, machinery and
transportation equipment 19%, chemicals, fuels. Major trading partners:UK, U.S., Brazil,
Peru, France, Grenada, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago (2012).
What religion is most common? Roman Catholicism
What is the poverty rate? little drastic poverty in St. Lucia, but there are clear differences
between a wealthy minority, a comfortable middle class, and a poor lower class

Population growth throughout

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Coral Reef protection in St. Lucia

Topography map of St. Lucia

Volcanic action