Key Facts
- GDP (ppp) per CAPITA
- $9,900 (2008 est.)
- Inflation Rate
- 2.7% (2007 est.)
- Population
- 72,660 (July 2009 est.)
- Country Risk Ratings
- -
- Ease of Doing Business
- 74/181
- Global Competitiveness
- -/134
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Dominica : Introduction
Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
Capital City:
Roseau (-4 GMT)
Currency:
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
(convert)
Languages:
English (official), French patois
Calling Code:
1-767
Voltage:
230
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%
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Sources:
CIA World Factbook (September 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (July 2008)
