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Saint Lucy
Map of Barbados showing the Saint Lucy parish
Map of Barbados showing the Saint Lucy parish
Country Barbados
Largest city Checker Hall
Government
 • Type Parliamentary democracy
Area
 • Total 36 km2 (14 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • Total 9,758
 • Density 271/km2 (702/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code BB-07

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 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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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Parroquia de Saint Lucy (Barbados) para niños

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