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• DominicaSHORT INFORMATION
• Overview• Geography
• Water source
• Climate
• Capital
• Administrative structure
• Language and population
• Political structure
• Monetary unit
• Religion
• Medicine (health)
• Education
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Overview of Dominica
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Government: Parliamentary republic
- President Nicholas Liverpool
- Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
Independence from the United Kingdom
- Date 3 November 1978
Area
- Total 750 km2 (184th)
- Water (%) 1.6
Population
- July 2009 estimate 72,660 (195th)
- 2003 census 71,727
- Density 105/km2 (95th)
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Time zone: Eastern Caribbean (UTC–4)
Drives on the left
ISO 3166 code: DM
Internet TLD: .dm
Calling code: +1-767
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. To the north-northwest lies Guadeloupe, to the southeast Martinique.
Capital and largest city: Roseau
Official language: English
Ethnic groups: 86.8% black, 8.9% mixed, 2.9% Carib, 0.8% white, 0.7% other (2001)
Demonym: Dominican
Capital and largest city: Roseau
Official language: English
Ethnic groups: 86.8% black, 8.9% mixed, 2.9% Carib, 0.8% white, 0.7% other (2001)
Demonym: Dominican
Government: Parliamentary republic
- President Nicholas Liverpool
- Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
Independence from the United Kingdom
- Date 3 November 1978
Area
- Total 750 km2 (184th)
- Water (%) 1.6
Population
- July 2009 estimate 72,660 (195th)
- 2003 census 71,727
- Density 105/km2 (95th)
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Time zone: Eastern Caribbean (UTC–4)
Drives on the left
ISO 3166 code: DM
Internet TLD: .dm
Calling code: +1-767
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