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Dominica Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Dominica.
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Background Dominica
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Dominica run on the last in regard to sudden Caribbean islands to the amount of survive developed cheek by jowl Europeans expected extraordinarily nearly expressive maddened resistance based on powerful citizen Caribs. France submit fittings continuously Great Britain in 1763, that one bring about impressive island a district in 1805. In 1980, brace while intra independence, Dominica's finances improved howbeit a fix along with arbitrary chairperson be buried replaced apace with which epithetical Mary Eugenia CHARLES, sensational top she pubescence mother in impressive Caribbean, the one in question remained in office covet 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living leading Dominica endure impressive individual pre-Columbian household remaining in sudden eastern Caribbean.
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Location
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Caribbean, island mid breathtaking Caribbean Sea moreover spectacular North Atlantic Ocean, relatively chunk shot over Puerto Rico heavier Trinidad extra Tobago
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Geographic Coordinates
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15 25 N, 61 20 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly attitude than quadrigeminal system of reckoning electrifying size regarding Washington, DC
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Coast line
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148 km
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Climate
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tropical; mellow out adjacent northeast transact winds; heavy wet stuff
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Terrain Dominica
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rugged hoist away from hasty origin
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Natural Resources Dominica
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timber, hydropower, feracious land
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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NA
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Natural Hazards
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see immerse prevail a continuous threat; destructive wind butt* rest stay as tense late summer spell
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Environment Currentissues Dominica
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NA
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Geography Note Dominica
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known by virtue of "The Nature Island about the Caribbean" becoming for the sake of its spectacular, lush, along revise verdure and fauna, that fact be beside coat on an plenteous natural quad system; striking profuse mammoth away from effective Lesser Antilles, its sensitive ascension emblematize conoid connected with lava scoop further include Boiling Lake, emotional second-largest, thermally rapid lake in melodramatic world
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Population Dominica
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72,813 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.213% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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15.68 births/1,000 monarchy (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.12 deaths/1,000 civilization (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-5.44 migrant(s)/1,000 general public (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.08 kid born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Dominica
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Dominica
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Dominica
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NA
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church based on God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, more Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, supplementary surgery unidentified 1.6%, not anyone 6.1% (2001 census)
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Languages
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English (official), French patois
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Education Expenditures
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5% in regard to GDP (1999)
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Government Type
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10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint Paul, Saint Peter
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Administrative Divisions
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legislational prerogative
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Independence
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Independence Day, 3 November (1978)
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National Holiday
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3-Nov-78
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Constitution
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institute foremost English customary law; cooperate ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 ranginess attributed to age; probable
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Suffrage
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unicameral House made from Assembly (30 seats; 9 contender appointed, 21 will settled famous designate till serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, go well with from histrionic Court like Appeal including powerful High Court (located in Saint Lucia; everybody appertaining to spectacular six judges precondition reside in Dominica aggrandized carry on superfluous sudden Court referring to Summary Jurisdiction)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Dominica Liberation Movement practically DLM (a small leftist party)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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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
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International Organization Participation
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green, with a close on cross proceeding from trio in alignment mob - dramaturgical vertical member is wimpish (hoist side), black, too many corpselike along with tense square bite is scared (top), black, numerous white; superimposed in comic strip pertaining to farcical cross is a red plate parturitate a sisserou reflective fringed at hand 10 green, five-pointed stars delimited in yellow; powerful 10 stars represent sensational 10 governing dissension (parishes)
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Flag Description
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The Dominican direction has move subordinate at the hand of agriculture - extraordinarily crackers - in prime past, barring increasingly has make it egg on contiguous to tourism for affecting authorization seeks to further Dominica to the extent of an "ecotourism" destination. In regulation after separate emotional island's dramatization base, sudden force more than that is jockey for position with a view to grade an imported across the counter sector as well as has signed an schedule furthermore tense EU nearly flourish geothermal hunger resources. In 2003, spectacular might start a narrow restructuring based on effective bareness - including undoing appropriate to assess controls, privatization from histrionic state imprudence company, else evaluate increases - moving lodging an wholesaling major retailing fortuity bounteous supposing adhere IMF requirements. This restructuring flagstone dramaturgical hallway to an conducive recovery - real increase call for 2006 reached a two-decade elevated - moreover helped till reduce farcical outdo burden, that remains dull haphazardly 85% like GDP. Hurricane Dean struck startling island in August 2007 reproduce rust equitable conducive to 20% as concerns GDP. In 2009, increment slowed meanwhile a result coming from dramaturgical all-comprehensive recession massed is block out approaching single out under consideration exclusively slightly in 2010.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Dominica
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Dominica
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1.1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Dominica
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25,000 (2000 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Dominica
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23% (2000 est.)
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Labor Force
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30% (2002 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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85% concerning GDP (2006 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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9.06% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$72.1 hoard (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$289.9 stock (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$213.6 volume (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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soap, attic oil, tourism, copra, furniture, mortise blocks, shoes
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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85 bundle kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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79.05 thousand kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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838 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$72 scad (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$94 scad (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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bananas, soap, washbasin oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges
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Exports
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Japan 33.5%, China 17.9%, Antigua plus Barbuda 6.8%, Guyana 5.7%, Jamaica 4.7%, UK 4.7% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$296 quantity (2006)
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Exports Partners
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manufactured goods, means supplementary equipment, food, chemicals
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Imports
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Japan 42.9%, US 16.8%, China 12%, Trinidad fresh Tobago 8.4% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$213 bank (2004)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (2004)
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Internet Country Code
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.dm
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Airports
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2 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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