Praslin | |
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![]() Location of Praslin Quarter within Saint Lucia | |
Coordinates: 13°52′32″N60°53′50″W / 13.87545°N 60.89717°W | |
Country | Saint Lucia |
District | Micoud District |
2nd-order administrative division | Praslin |
Population (2010) [1] | |
• Total | 341 |
Praslin 2nd-order subdivision |
Praslin Quarter was a former quarter on the island nation of Saint Lucia. Since at least 2001, it has been a second-order subdivision of the Micoud District. [2] The 2001 and 2010 Census show Praslin as part of the Micoud District. The population of Praslin is 341. [1] [3] [4]
Other places of interest in the Praslin region are: [1]
An English explorer, Thomas Warner, sent Capt. Judlee with 300-400 Englishmen to establish a settlement at Praslin Bay but they were attacked over three weeks by Caribs, until the few remaining colonists fled on 12 October 1640. [5]
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