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List All Cities Dominica Listing cities Dominica database :
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Description Dominica by rbd.me
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Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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Location
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Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC
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Natural resources Dominica
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rugged mountains of volcanic origin
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Population Dominica
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known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest, thermally active lake in the world
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Religions Dominica
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black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7% (2001 census)
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Languages
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Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
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Education Dominica expenditures
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English (official), French patois
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Government Dominica type
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5% of GDP (1999)
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Independence
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10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint Paul, Saint Peter
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Dominica Economy - overview
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the US does not have an embassy in Dominica; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Dominica
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Investment Dominica
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30% (2002 est.)
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Industries Dominica
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NA%
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Airports Dominica
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no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2010)
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