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Commonwealth of Dominica
ALSO KNOWN AS
The Nature Isle of the Caribbean
MOTTO
Après le Bon Dieu, c’est la Terre (After God the Earth)
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
DATE OF INDEPENDENCE
3 November 1978 (from the United Kingdom)
HEAD OF STATE
President: His Excellency, the Honourable Charles Savarin
POPULATION
73, 643*
* World Bank data, 2016
GDP
Total: USD 525,424,630 million* | Per capita: USD 7,144*
* World Bank data, 2016
LOCATION
15˚ 20’ N 61˚ 22’ W
Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe
and northwest of Martinique
CAPITAL
Roseau
TIME ZONE
GMT-4 (no daylight savings)
TOTAL AREA
751 km2 (290 sq mi)
AGE DEMOGRAPHICS
0-14: 21.72%, 15-64: 67.14%, 65+: 11.14% (2017 est)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
English (vernacular languages: Antillean Creole and French Patois)
LITERACY RATE
97.1% (15-24 years)
RELIGION
Roman Catholic, Methodist, Anglican,
Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist, and other religions
GOVERNMENT TYPE
Unitary parliamentary republic
CURRENCY
East Caribbean dollar (XCD), pegged to the US dollar (USD)
EXCHANGE RATE
1 USD = XCD 2.7169
LEGAL SYSTEM
Based on English Common Law
MAIN INDUSTRIES
Tourism, agriculture, and light manufacturing. Main exports: coffee, cocoa, bananas,
citrus fruits, and tropical fruits. Exported manufactured
products include rum, timber, and soap. Abundant natural resources: water.
MAIN AIRPORT
Melville Hall
CLIMATE
Tropical, with little seasonal variation between the wet
and dry season; high rainfall during the wet season.
DRIVES ON THE
Left
CALLING CODE
+1 767
INTERNET TLD
.dm
CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAMME ESTABLISHED IN
1993