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Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Dame Pearlette Louisy (1997)
Prime Minister: Kenny D. Anthony (1997)
Area: 238 sq mi (616 sq km)
Note: We give
the information above in the Christian Personals Primer
so that you will have a little background on the country before
you contact a perspective mate, just in case you don't know the
basics. Perhaps this info will give you something to talk about
Population (2004 est.): 164,213 (growth rate: 1.3%);
birth rate: 20.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.0/1000; life
expectancy: 73.3; density per sq mi: 690
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Castries, 60,300
Monetary unit: East Caribbean dollar
Languages: English (official), French patois
Ethnicity/race: black 90%, mixed 6%, East
Indian 3%, white 1%
Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 3%,
other Protestant 7%
Literacy rate: 67% (1980 est.)
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 37,000
(1997); mobile cellular: 1,600 (1997). Radio broadcast
stations: AM 2, FM 7 (plus 3 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998).
Radios: 111,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations:
3 (of which two are commercial stations and one is a community
antenna television or CATV channel) (1997). Televisions:
32,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 15
(2000). Internet users: 3,000 (2000). |