Official Name: Commonwealth of Dominica

Currency:  East Caribbean Dollar

 

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Hemisphere: North

Continent: North America

Location: Island in the southern Caribbean Sea, south of Guadeloupe and north of Martinique.

Area: 291 sq mi, 754 sq km

Form of Government: Parliamentary democracy

Population: (2007): 70,600

Population Density: (2007): persons per sq mi 243.4, persons per sq km 94.1.

Principal Language(s): English (official), French patois

Religions: Roman Catholic 61%, Seventh- Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 6%, Baptist 4%, Methodist 4%, other Christian 8%, none 6%.

Capital: Roseau

Capital Population:  (2004) 20,200

Capital Average Temperature: N/A

Major Cities: (2004) Roseau 20,200; Berekua 4,000; Portsmouth 3,600; Marigot 2,900; Atkinson (1991) 2,518.

Topography: Mountainous, a central ridge running from N to S, terminating in cliffs; volcanic in origin, with numerous thermal springs; rich deep topsoil on leeward side, red tropical clay on windward coast.

Economy: $648 million

G.D.P. per Capita: $9,000

Vital Statistics: Birth rate per 1000 population (2006): 15.3; Death Rate per 1000 population (2006) 6.7. Total fertility rate (avg. births per childbearing woman; 2006) 1.94. Life expectancy at birth (2006): male 72.0 years; female 77.9 years.

Government Website: www.dominica.gov.dm

Reference Sources: The World Almanac 2009, The New York Times Almanac   2009, Time Almanac 2009, World Climate website.