GK
COUNTRY CAPITALS
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Question
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Beijing
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Castries
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Moscow
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Saint John’s
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Detailed explanation-1: -Castries is the capital city of Saint Lucia. Formerly referred to as Carenage, the area was renamed Castries in 1785, after Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, Marquis de Castries (1727-1801), the French Minister of the Navy and Colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -From 1958 to 1962 St Lucia was a member of the now defunct West Indies Federation. The island finally gained independence from Great Britain on February 22, 1979, and Castries became the new national capital.
Detailed explanation-3: -Soufrière is a town on the West Coast of Saint Lucia, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The town and the surrounding district has a population of 7, 935. It was colonized by the French and was the original capital of the island.