NationMaster - Saint Lucian Government statistics

Capital city	Castries
Procedures to build a warehouse > number	9	...	[161st of 168]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number	51	...	[20th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number	5	...	[126th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	5.6 %	...	[153rd of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	6	...	[138th of 171]
Status democracy
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days	139 days	...	[125th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	635 days	...	[45th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	20 days	...	[135th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	40 days	...	[70th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	41 hours	...	[167th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	2 years	...	[114th of 151]
Trademarks, nonresidents	538	...	[62nd of 99]
Trademarks, residents	54	...	[70th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea
UN membership date	18 Sep. 1979
United Nations mission http://www.un.int/stlucia/
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood	Wesley Heights

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Saint Lucia, st lucia, St. Lucia

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