Castries (lca)

Castries

Castries ranks 3,245th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Darby, Pennsylvania, Karaj, and Galesburg, Illinois. Memorable people born in Castries include W. Arthur Lewis, Derek Walcott, and Joseph Marcell. Memorable people who died in Castries include Kelvin Felix, and John Compton. Castries has been the birth place of many economists, and writers and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Castries is located in Saint Lucia.

Castries 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 of May 2013. The city covers 80 km2 (31 sq mi). Read more on Wikipedia