Saint Lucy, Barbados
Saint Lucy ("St. Lucy") is the northern-most area in the country of Barbados. Saint Lucy is the only parish of Barbados to be named after a female patron saint, Saint Lucy of Syracuse. Saint Lucy was the location of a United States Navy base at Harrison's Point. Saint Lucy is also a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, east and west.
Saint Lucy | |
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 Map of Barbados showing the Saint Lucy parish | |
| Coordinates: 13°18′N 59°37′W | |
| Country | Barbados |
| Largest city | Checker Hall |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parliamentary democracy |
| • Parliamentry seats | 1 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Total | 9,758 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | BB-07[1] |
Saint Lucy is the birthplace of Barbados's first Prime Minister, Errol Barrow. It is also the birthplace of two cricketers; Charlie Griffith and Manny Martindale.
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