Dominica Facts and Interesting Truths
ALSO KNOWN AS The Nature Isle of the Caribbean
MOTTO
Aprés Bondieu C’est La tere (After God the Earth)
Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
DATE OF INDEPENDENCE
November 3rd 1978 (from the United Kingdom)
HEAD OF STATE
President: His Excellency, the Honourable Charles Savarin
POPULATION
71,293 (as at 2011)
GDP
Total USD 1.002 billion | Per capita USD 14,166
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: 22.3%, 15-64: 67.3%, 65+: 10.4%
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
English (vernacular languages: Antillean Creole and French Patois)
LITERACY RATE
97,8 %
RELIGION
Roman Catholic, Methodist, Anglican, Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist, and other religions
GOVERNMENT TYPE
Unitary parliamentary republic
CURRENCY
East Caribbean Dollar (XCB) pegged to USD
EXCHANGE RATE
1 USD = XCD 2.7169 ( 2014 )
LEGAL SYSTEM
Based on English Common Law
MAIN INDUSTRIES
Tourism, agriculture and light manufacturing. Main exports: bananas, citrus fruits, plantains, coconuts and tropical fruits. Manufactured products: soaps, paints and varnishes. Production: water
MAIN AIRPORT
Douglas-Charles Airport (formerly known as Melville Hall)
CLIMATE
Humid tropical marine, 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
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