Choiseul
Choiseul District is one of the 10 districts of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. Located on the southwestern side of the island, the district is home to 6,130 people, according to the 2019 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: quarter of Saint Lucia with 5,930 residents
- Description: quarter of Saint Lucia
- Also known as: “Choiseul District”, “Choiseul Quarter”, “District of Choiseul”, and “Quarter of Choiseul”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pitons and Qualibou.
Pitons
Peak
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The Pitons are two mountainous volcanic plugs, volcanic spires, located in Saint Lucia. Petit Piton is 743 m high and Gros Piton is 798.25 m high; they are linked by the Piton Mitan ridge. Pitons is situated 2½ miles west of Choiseul.
Qualibou
Volcano
Photo: Trent Foley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Qualibou, also known as the Soufrière Volcanic Center, is a 3.5 × 5 km-wide caldera on the island of Saint Lucia that formed between 32,000 and 39,000 years ago. Qualibou is situated 2½ miles northwest of Choiseul.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soufriere and Choiseul.
Soufriere
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.
Choiseul
Town
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Choiseul was originally known as Anse Citron, and an independent parish was established in 1765. In 1769 a census was done and recorded 75 whites, 25 free coloured, 512 negroes and 69 estates in Choiseul. Choiseul is situated 2½ miles southwest of Choiseul.
Saltibus
Hamlet
Saltibus is located on southwestern side of the Island of Saint Lucia. It belongs to one of two of the 11 quarters, or sections of the island, which were sometimes called "districts", which is no longer under control of the British colonial government as of 1979 AD.
Choiseul
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Choiseul” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Choiseul (baranggay sa Saint Lucia, lat 13,79, long -61,03)”
- Cebuano: “Choiseul”
- Chinese: “舒瓦瑟爾區”
- Dutch: “Choiseul”
- Esperanto: “Choiseul (distrikto)”
- Esperanto: “Choiseul”
- French: “district de Choiseul”
- French: “District de choiseul”
- French: “District de Choiseul”
- French: “District De Choiseul”
- German: “Choiseul”
- Indonesian: “Kuarter Choiseul”
- Italian: “quartiere di Choiseul”
- Italian: “Quartiere di Choiseul”
- Japanese: “ショゼール地区”
- Korean: “슈아죌구”
- Lithuanian: “Šuaezelis”
- Lithuanian: “Šuazelis (Sent Lusija)”
- Lithuanian: “Šuazelis”
- Persian: “بخش چویسول”
- Polish: “Choiseul (dystrykt)”
- Polish: “Choiseul”
- Russian: “Шуазель (приход)”
- Russian: “Шуазёль”
- Sinhala: “චොයිසුල් දිස්ත්රික්කය, ශාන්ත ලුසියා”
- Spanish: “Choiseul”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Choiseul”
- Swedish: “Choiseul (kvarter i Saint Lucia, lat 13,79, long -61,03)”
- Swedish: “Choiseul”
- Turkish: “Choiseul (şehir)”
- Turkish: “Choiseul”
- Urdu: “چویسول کوارٹر”
- Vietnamese: “Choiseul (quận)”
- Vietnamese: “Choiseul”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trou Barbet River and Mount Belvidere.
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