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Dominica Overview
- LOCATION: a hyphen between Martinique and Guadeloupe.
- SURFACE AREA: 790 km² - 50 km long and 25 km wide.
- HIGHEST POINT: Morne Diablotin, 1447 metres.
- STATUS: Independent state for over twenty years and a member of the Commonwealth.
- POPULATION: At the time of the 2004 census, the population of Dominica was 70,000. The island is mostly inhabited by Afro-West Indians and 3000 Caribbean Indians, the sole survivors in the entire world. They live in a territory that was granted to them in 1903 by the Queen of England.
- CAPITAL: Roseau, named by the French in colonial times;
- LANGUAGES: English and Creole. This dialect is relatively close to the Creole spoken in the French islands. But the Dominicans think that the French are the ones that have the dialect!
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| Natural Sites
Dominica is unique. It is THE island for adventure lovers and lovers of green leisure activities. A large choice of escapades is waiting just for you: waterfalls, rivers, lakes, fauna and flora that[...] |
Located in Roseau, the small capital on the grid map has some beautiful Creole homes with coloured wood. Most of them have not been restored since the end of the colonial period, and are unfortunately in bad shape. These homes[...] |
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