Country

Dominica

Also Known As Commonwealth of Dominica

Caribbean

Dominica is an island country in the Windward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, with a land area of about 750 square kilometers and its highest point, Morne Diablotins, at 1,448 meters. It gained sovereignty from the United Kingdom on 3 November 1978. Its capital is Roseau. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

Roseau 2

Population

72,412 2

2021 estimate, from Dominica's own Wikipedia infobox; the 2011 census recorded 71,293.

Population Estimate Year

2021 2

Area (sq km)

750 2

Independence or Founding Year

1978 2

Dominica gained sovereignty and its constitution from the United Kingdom on 3 November 1978, after becoming a West Indies Associated State in 1967.

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Dominica

Cities

Roseau

Dominica

Connections

Associated With

Roseau

Roseau is the capital of Dominica.

Source Roseau (Wikipedia)

The Atlantic Ocean

Source Dominica (Wikipedia)

The Caribbean

Source Dominica (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Roseau

Source Roseau (Wikipedia)

In the Other Atlases

Nationals Include

Lennox Honychurch

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Source Lennox Honychurch (Wikipedia)Lead section

Quote, Lead section

Lennox Honychurch ( HUN-ee-church; born 27 December 1952) is a Dominican historian and politician.

Brian Alleyne

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Source Wikidata: Brian Alleyne

Sylvia Judith Bertrand

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Source Sylvia Judith Bertrand - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Sylvia Judith Bertrand (1930 – 7 June 2009) was a Dominican civil servant who went on to earn a law degree in Dominica and serve as the Director of Public Prosecution.

Jean Rhys

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Origin Of

Pelau

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Source Wikidata: Pelau

Site Of

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

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Eastern Caribbean dollar

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Found There

Lesser Antilles

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Source Wikidata: Lesser Antilles

Windward Islands

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Caribbean Court of Justice

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Source Caribbean Court of Justice: Who we are, Caribbean Court of JusticeWho we are, appellate jurisdiction, state Dominica

Quote, Who we are, appellate jurisdiction, state Dominica

At present, the Court receives cases in its Appellate Jurisdiction from Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana and Saint Lucia.

Constitution of Dominica

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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

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Source Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States: Institutions of the OECS, Eastern Caribbean Supreme CourtInstitutions page, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, member state Dominica

Quote, Institutions page, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, member state Dominica

It is a superior court of record for nine Member States, six independent namely, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Law of Dominica

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Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)

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