Dominica

Guide to DOMINICA

DOMINICA which official name is Commonwealth of Dominica or Dominica, is a country from America located at the Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago. DOMINICA is divided in 10 parishe . DOMINICA's capital is Roseau which is the most populated city with about 16,571 inhabitants.

History of DOMINICA

DOMINICA's government is parliamentary democracy; a Republic with a Ceremonial government type, with President Nicholas Liverpool as head of state and Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit as head of government.

Other symbols of DOMINICA are Dominican motto " Après le Bondie, C'est la Ter (French Patois, After the Good Lord, we love the Earth) Dominican anthem "Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour Dominican flag.Dominican flag is composed by green, with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white and the horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a sisserou parrot encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes) .

DOMINICA's history is quite long: 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.

DOMINICAs geography

Guide to travel to DOMINICA

If you are thinking on traveling to DOMINICA, you will have to take in consideration some points like DOMINICA's currency, DOMINICA's weather, DOMINICA's national holiday and DOMINICA's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. DOMINICA`s currency is called dollar ( EC$), which is divided in 100 cents. For your consideration, dollar's exchange rate is about Cathedral San Ambrosio, Linares, Chile per dolar.2.6200037256.

DOMINICA's weather is characterized to be tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to DOMINICA.

You can also consider to visit DOMINICA on it's national holiday to get in DOMINICA's culture. If you do so, DOMINICA's national holiday is called Independence Day, 3 November.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of DOMINICA: Morne Diablatins 1,447 m. And try also to get to DOMINICA's lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit DOMINICA's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to DOMINICA, with more than 2 airports and 0 airlines, you will get to DOMINICA without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. DOMINICA has about0 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Dominican Culture

DOMINICA is known by Dominicans as DOMINICA in the shortened way. Dominican, about 72,386 people, are composed by different ethnics: black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7% (2001 census). And they also have different languages: French, English.

Another relevant point nowadays it's DOMINICA's religion. Dominicans are divided in 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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