Saint Lucia

**Saint Lucia** (lafazi : /senet lushe/ ; da Faransanci : *Sainte-Lucie*, lafazi : /senete lusi/) ƙasa ce dake a nahiyar Amurka. Tsibiri ne a cikin Tekun Karibe. Babban Birnin Saint Lucia Castries ne. Saint Lucia yana da yawan fili kimanin kilomita murabba'i 617. Saint Lucia yana da yawan jama'a 178,015, bisa ga jimillar shekarar 2016.

Ya samu yancin kai a shekarar 1979.

## Alqalumma
Ana kiran Saint Lucia bayan Saint Lucy na Syracuse (AD 283 - 304). Saint Lucia ɗaya ce daga cikin manyan ƙasashe biyu a duniya mai suna bayan macekuma ita kaɗai ce mai suna bayan mace (an yi wa Ireland sunan allahiya). Tatsuniyar ta bayyana cewa ma’aikatan jirgin Faransa sun nutse a tsibirin a ranar 13 ga Disamba, ranar idin St.

Wani duniya a cikin Vatican daga 1520 yana nuna tsibirin a matsayin Sancta Lucia, wanda ke nuni da cewa masu binciken Mutanen Espanya na farko sun sanya sunan tsibirin. An fara kiran Saint Lucia da Louanalao ta Indiyawan Arawak a cikin 200 AD, ma'ana "Tsibirin Iguanas," sannan kuma a matsayin Hewanorra, a cikin 800 AD, ma'ana "can inda ake samun iguanas," lokacin da Indiyawan Carib suka isa suka haɗa al'adarsu zuwa Saint Lucia.

## Tarihi
Pre-Columbian[gyara tushe]

Mazaunan Saint Lucia na farko da aka tabbatar su ne Arawaks, ko da yake akwai yuwuwar samun wasu al'ummar ƙasar kafin su. An yi imanin cewa Arawaks sun fito ne daga arewacin Amurka ta Kudu, wani lokaci a shekara ta AD 200-400, saboda akwai wurare masu yawa na archaeological a tsibirin inda aka samo samfurori na tukunyar su.

Kalinago (Island Caribs) sun zo ne a wajen AD 800, kuma suka kwace iko daga hannun Arawak ta hanyar kashe mazajensu da sanya mata cikin al'ummarsu.

Farkon binciken Turai da mulkin mallaka[gyara tushe]

Mai yiyuwa ne Christopher Columbus ya ga tsibirin a lokacin tafiyarsa ta hudu a shekara ta 1502, amma bai ambaci tsibirin a cikin gungumen nasa ba.Juan de la Cosa ya lura tsibirin akan taswirarsa na 1500, yana kiranta El Falcon, da wani tsibiri a kudancin Las Agujas. Wani Cédula na Mutanen Espanya daga 1511 ya ambaci tsibirin da ke cikin yankin Mutanen Espanya, da kuma duniya a cikin Vatican da aka yi a 1520, yana nuna tsibirin a matsayin Sancta Lucia.

A ƙarshen 1550s, ɗan fashin teku na Faransa François le Clerc (wanda aka sani da Jambe de Bois, saboda ƙafarsa ta katako) ya kafa wani sansani a tsibirin Pigeon, inda ya kai hari kan jiragen ruwa na Spain da ke wucewa. A shekara ta 1605, wani jirgin ruwa na Ingilishi mai suna Oliphe Blossome ya tashi a kan hanyarsa ta zuwa Guyana, kuma 'yan mulkin mallaka 67 sun fara yin sulhu a Saint Lucia, bayan da shugaban Carib Anthonie ya yi masa maraba da farko. A ranar 26 ga Satumbar 1605, 19 ne kawai suka tsira bayan ci gaba da hare-haren da sarkin Carib Augraumart ya yi, don haka mazauna suka gudu daga tsibirin.Turawan Ingila sun yi ƙoƙari su sake zaunar da tsibirin a cikin 1638, amma Caribs sun ci gaba da zama abokan gaba. Daga karshe Faransawa sun yi nasarar kwace tsibirin a shekara ta 1650 kuma sun kulla yarjejeniya da Carib a shekara ta 1660. A cikin 1664, Thomas Warner (ɗan Sir Thomas Warner, gwamnan St Kitts) ya yi iƙirarin Saint Lucia don Ingila amma Ingilishi ya sake gudu a cikin 1666, tare da Faransawa sun sami cikakken ikon tsibirin bayan sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar Breda.. An yi Saint Lucia a matsayin mulkin mallaka na Faransa a cikin 1674, a matsayin abin dogaro na Martinique. 

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