Dominicai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Dominica | Country |
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Area:
750 km2
Neighbouring regions:
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Roseau | 16,571 (2010) |
| Portsmouth | 3,633 (2013) |
| Marigot | 2,669 (2018) |
| Berekua | 2,608 (2013) |
| Mahaut | 2,369 (2013) |
| Saint Joseph | 2,184 (2013) |
Mindat Locality ID:
187370
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:187370:5
GUID (UUID V4):
bdaf1c47-ba6f-46eb-8f6f-2649cf869953
Other Languages:
French:
Dominique
German:
Dominica
Italian:
Dominica
Russian:
Доминика
Simplified Chinese:
多米尼加
Spanish:
Dominica
Afrikaans:
Dominica
Albanian:
Dominika
Arabic:
دومينيكا
Belarusian:
Дамініка
Bulgarian:
Доминика
Catalan:
Dominica
Czech:
Dominika
Danish:
Dominica
Dutch:
Dominica
Estonian:
Dominica
Farsi/Persian:
دومینیکا
Finnish:
Dominica
Galician:
Dominica
Greek:
Δομινίκα
Hebrew:
דומיניקה
Hindi:
डोमिनिका
Hungarian:
Dominika
Icelandic:
Dóminíka
Indonesian:
Dominika
Irish Gaelic:
Doiminice
Japanese:
ドミニカ
Korean:
도미니카
Latvian:
Dominika
Lithuanian:
Dominika
Macedonian:
Доминика
Norwegian:
Dominica
Polish:
Dominika
Portuguese:
Dominica
Romanian:
Dominica
Serbian:
Доминика
Slovak:
Dominika
Slovenian:
Dominika
Swahili:
Dominica
Swedish:
Dominica
Tagalog:
Dominika
Thai:
โดมินิกา
Turkish:
Dominika
Ukrainian:
Домініка
Vietnamese:
Dominica
Welsh:
Dominica
Not to be confused with the Dominican Republic.
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically situated as part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The island is located near Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Its area is 750 km² (290 sq mi), and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at 1,447 m (4,747 ft) in elevation.
The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the 5th century. The Kalinago displaced the Arawak by the 15th century. Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday 3 November 1493. It was later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. The French imported enslaved people from West Africa to Dominica to work on coffee plantations. Great Britain took possession in 1763 after the Seven Years' War, and it gradually established English as its official language. The island gained independence as a republic in 1978.
Its name is locally pronounced with emphasis on the third syllable, related to its French name of Dominique and the Spanish pronunciation of its name. Dominica has been nicknamed the "Nature Isle of the Caribbean" for its natural environment. It is the youngest island in the Lesser Antilles, and in fact, it is still being formed by geothermal-volcanic activity, as evidenced by the world's second-largest hot spring, called Boiling Lake. The island has lush mountainous rainforests, and it is the home of many rare plants, animals, and bird species. There are xeric areas in some of the western coastal regions, but heavy rainfall occurs inland. The sisserou parrot, also known as the imperial amazon and found only on Dominica, is the island's national bird and featured on the national flag, which is one of only two national flags containing the colour purple (the other being Nicaragua).
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q784 |
| GeoNames ID: | 3575830 |
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