Castries

Summary

Castries is a city^[1]. Castries ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,320 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Castries is located in Castries Quarter^[3].
• Castries is in the country of Saint Lucia^[4].
• Castries is on the body of water Caribbean Sea^[5].
• Castries's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Castries's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix is named after Castries^[8].
• Castries's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taipei^[9].
• Castries's Commons category is recorded as Castries^[10].
• Castries's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00^[11].
• Castries's located in time zone is recorded as America/St_Lucia^[12].
• 1650 marks the founding of Castries^[13].
• Castries's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 14.016666666667, 'lon': -60.983333333333}^[14].
• Castries's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13.9957, 'lon': -61.00614}^[15].
• Castries's official website is recorded as https://castriescity.com/^[16].
• Castries's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castries^[17].
• Castries has a population of {'amount': '+70000'}^[18].
• Castries has a population of {'amount': '+20000'}^[19].
• Castries's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Castries's capital of is recorded as Saint Lucia^[21].
• Castries's capital of is recorded as Castries Quarter^[22].
• Castries's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Castries'}^[23].
• Castries's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Statio Haud Malefida Carinis'}^[24].
• Castries's category for people born here is recorded as Q18666679^[25].
• Castries's category for people who died here is recorded as Q27861574^[26].
• Castries's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Castrienne'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Castries is in the country of Saint Lucia^[4]. Castries is located in Castries Quarter^[3]. Castries is on the body of water Caribbean Sea^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Castries covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+79'}^[28]. Castries sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+70000'}^[18] and {'amount': '+20000'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and town^[7].

History and Context

1650 marks the founding of Castries^[13]. Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix is named after Castries^[8].

Why It Matters

Castries ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,320 views/month).^[2] Castries has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Castries is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]