Soufrière, Saint Lucia Soufrière, Saint Lucia 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 founded by the French and was the original capital of the island. There were large estates run by plantation owners of French origin and their descendants still live in the area. The French Revolution of 1789 resulted in many Royalists being executed and the slaves freed. However, Napoleon reintroduced slavery when he came to power. The British invaded St Lucia shortly after, but the slaves and French deserters
Telecommunications in Saint Lucia Telecommunications in Saint Lucia Communications in Saint Lucia Telephones - main lines in use: 90,000 Telephones - mobile cellular: 100,000 Telephone system: Saint Lucia is part of the North American Numbering Plan; its area code is 758. Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 7 (plus 3 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998), includes VQH-AM 660 Radios: 111,000 (1997) Television broadcast stations: 3 (of which two are commercial stations and one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (1997) Televisions: 100,000 (2005) Saint Lucia's country code top-level domain is .lc. Prior to the 21st century internet was available only by satellite. As