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Commonwealth of Dominica
Flag of Dominica
Motto: 
Anthem: 
Location of Dominica
Capital
and largest city
Roseau
15°18′N 61°23′W / 15.300°N 61.383°W / 15.300; -61.383
Official languagesEnglish
Ethnic groups
(2001)
Black 86.8%
Mixed 8.9%
Carib Amerindian 2.9%
White 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Demonym(s)Dominican
GovernmentParliamentary republic
• President
Sylvanie Burton
Roosevelt Skerrit
Independence
• from the United Kingdom
3 November 1978
Area
• Total
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (184th)
• Water (%)
1.6
Population
• July 2009 estimate
72,660 (195th)
• 2011 census
71,293
• Density
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (95th)
GDP (PPP)2011 estimate
• Total
$977 million
• Per capita
$13,815
GDP (nominal)2011 estimate
• Total
$489 million
• Per capita
$6,909
HDI (2007)Increase 0.724
high · 73rd
CurrencyEast Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Time zoneUTC–4 (Eastern Caribbean)
Driving sideleft
Calling code+1-767
ISO 3166 codeDM
Internet TLD.dm
  1. Rank based on 2005 UN estimate.

The Commonwealth of Dominica is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. It is an English-speaking country. It is between the French-speaking territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique. The island is 751 km² (290 mi²) in area. Roseau is its capital. Portsmouth is another main town. Almost 70,000 people live on the island.

The currency of the island is the East Caribbean dollar.

The island's name comes from the Latin for Sunday, Dies Dominica. It is not the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic in the Greater Antilles.

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