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Praslin Quarter

Praslin
Location of Praslin Quarter within Saint Lucia
Praslin Location of Praslin in Micoud District, Saint Lucia
Coordinates: 13°52′32″N 60°53′50″W / 13.87545°N 60.89717°W / 13.87545; -60.89717 (Praslin city)
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 nationofSaint 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]

Places of interest[edit]

Other places of interest in the Praslin region are:^[1]

• Old Settlement (13°53′00″N 60°54′00″W / 13.88333°N 60.9°W / 13.88333; -60.9 (Old Settlement))

• Praslin Bay (13°52′25″N 60°53′18″W / 13.87363°N 60.88845°W / 13.87363; -60.88845 (Praslin Bay))
• Praslin Island (13°52′31″N 60°53′23″W / 13.87519°N 60.8897°W / 13.87519; -60.8897 (Praslin Island))
• Praslin Estate (13°53′01″N 60°53′47″W / 13.88357°N 60.89634°W / 13.88357; -60.89634 (Praslin Estate)).
• Rivière des Trois Islets stream, (13°52′44″N 60°53′45″W / 13.87895°N 60.89587°W / 13.87895; -60.89587 (Rivière des Trois Islets))

History[edit]

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]

See also[edit]

• List of cities in Saint Lucia
• Districts of Saint Lucia

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