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- <text id=94CT1215><title>Saint Lucia—Geography</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Saint Lucia<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Caribbean, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, about two-thirds of the way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
- <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 620 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 610 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
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- <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> 0 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 158 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>contiguous zone:</hi> 24 nm
- <item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive economic zone:</hi> 200 nm
- <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 12 nm
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- <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> none
- <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to April, rainy season from May to August
- <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys
- <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential
- <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 8%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 20%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 5%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 13%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 54%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 10 sq km (1989 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> deforestation; soil erosion
- <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to hurricanes and volcanic activity
- <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
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