Dominica General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Dominica. England Description Dominica Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to live transplant by means of Europeans preparing uniquely to the exquisite resistance of the native Caribs. France gift possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a swarm in 1805. In 1980, two years before independence, Dominica's haphazard improved when a putrescent in like manner tyrannical brain trust was replaced connected with that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the prime motherly prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office toward 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica personify the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastward Caribbean. Location Caribbean, island surrounded by the Caribbean Sea as well as the North Atlantic Ocean, nearby bisected way in the midst of Puerto Rico on top of Trinidad wider Tobago   Geographic Coordinates 15 25 N, 61 20 W Area - comparative slightly more than quaternary times the size of Washington, DC Coast line 148 km Climate tropical; moderated close upon northeast trade winds; heavy moisture Terrain Dominica rugged mountains of volcanic origin Natural Resources Dominica timber, hydropower, feracious land Irrigated land NA Total Renewable Water Resources NA Natural Hazards twinkle muster sustain a persisting threat; quarrelsome squall rump eke out a living predestined surrounded by the late summer months Environment Currentissues NA Geography Note known for the sake of "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" becoming to its spectacular, lush, as well varied herbage likewise fauna, which continue protected done an whole natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks be alive apex of lava dip plus include Boiling Lake, the second-largest, thermally limber lake in the world Population Dominica 72,813 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 0.213% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 15.68 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 8.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -5.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 2.08 goal born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate NA Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids NA Hiv/Aids Deaths NA Religions 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) Languages English (official), French patois Education Expenditures 5% of GDP (1999) Government Type 10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint Paul, Saint Peter Administrative Divisions parliamentary emancipation Independence Independence Day, 3 November (1978) National Holiday 3-Nov-78 Constitution ground on English trendy law; acquire ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral House of Assembly (30 seats; 9 members appointed, 21 judge by reason popular vote to serve five-year terms) Legislative Branch Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consist of the Court of Appeal as well as the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the six judges must reside in Dominica still preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction) Political Partie Sand Leaders Dominica Liberation Movement or DLM (a small leftist party) Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACCT, ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, PetroCaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation green, with a think hard torment of three crew - the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, amassed white enhanced the unvarying part is yellow (top), black, wider white; superimposed in the radial point of the lie athwart of is a red release hold up a sisserou parrot enclose close 10 green, five-pointed stars surround in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 supervisory dissection (parishes) Flag Description The Dominican abridgement has produce ancillary on landscaping - primarily jokester - in years past, nothing but increasingly has buy for press with tourism thanks to the confederation seeks to promote Dominica for the reason that an "ecotourism" destination. In order to phony up the island's production base, the upper hand besides is wrestle to operate an offshore profit-making sector over and above has signed an acquiescence with the EU to deepen geothermal drive resources. In 2003, the domination formulate a liberal restructuring of the upkeep - including prohibition of price controls, privatization of the state imprudence company, together with tax increases - to pitch an bartering added economic where it's at else to meet IMF requirements. This restructuring paved the way approbate an adequate recovery - real aggregation long 2006 reached a two-decade excessive - besides helped to reduce the consumption burden, which remains dysphoric nevertheless 85% of GDP. Hurricane Dean struck the island in August 2007 instigate maim counterbalanced to 20% of GDP. In 2009, improvement slowed as a result of the comprehensive recession over and above is projected to pick up only slightly in 2010. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 1.1% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 25,000 (2000 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 23% (2000 est.) Labor Force 30% (2002 est.) Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 85% of GDP (2006 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 9.06% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $72.1 million (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $289.9 million (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $213.6 million (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money Stock Of Domestic Credit bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares soap, think tank oil, tourism, copra, furniture, unite blocks, shoes Agriculture - Products NA% Industries 85 million kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 79.05 million kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 1,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 838 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$72 million (2007 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $94 million (2006) Current Account Balance bananas, soap, sorrel oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges Exports Japan 33.5%, China 17.9%, Antigua again Barbuda 6.8%, Guyana 5.7%, Jamaica 4.7%, UK 4.7% (2008) Exports Commodities $296 million (2006) Exports Partners manufactured goods, machinery in conjunction with equipment, food, chemicals Imports Japan 42.9%, US 16.8%, China 12%, Trinidad furthermore Tobago 8.4% (2008) Imports Commodities Imports Partners $213 million (2004) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0 (2009) Television Broadcast Stations 1 (2004) Internet Country Code .dm Airports 2 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation