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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 167
41,100 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 180
179,300 (2009)
Telephone system
General assessment
An adequate system that is automatically switched Domestic Fixed-line teledensity is 25 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 110 per 100 persons International Country code - 1-758; the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) and Southern Caribbean fiber optic system (SCF) submarine cables, along with Intelsat from Martinique, carry calls internationally; direct microwave radio relay link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; tropospheric scatter to Barbados Broadcast media
3 privately-owned TV stations; 1 public TV station operating on a cable network; multi-channel cable TV service available; a mix of state-owned and privately-owned broadcasters operate nearly 25 radio stations including repeater transmission stations (2007) Internet country code
.lc
Internet hosts World Ranking: 209
90 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 149
142,900 (2009)
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Saint Lucia (Castries):
 
GPS points from Saint Lucia (Castries)
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The island, with its fine natural harbor at Castries, was contested between England and France throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries (changing possession 14 times); it was finally ceded to the UK in 1814. Even after the abolition of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an agricultural island, dedicated to producing tropical commodity crops. Self-government was granted in 1967 and independence in 1979.