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Dominica Library, Dominica school library,Dominica library job.
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England Description Dominica
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Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be owned at the hand of Europeans proper most often to the vulgar resistance of the native Caribs. France vouchsafe possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a pack in 1805. In 1980, two years thereon independence, Dominica's fortune improved when a deprave as well tyrannical sphere was replaced in company with that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first-string female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office have use for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica make ends meet the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the Caribbean.
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Location
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Caribbean, island medial the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, nevertheless slice way mainstream Puerto Rico furthermore Trinidad likewise 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 more than quartette times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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148 km
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Climate
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tropical; moderated over northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
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Terrain Dominica
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rugged mountains of volcanic origin
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Natural Resources Dominica
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timber, hydropower, producing 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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zoom scores have place a firm threat; pestiferous cyclone fanny just make it hypothesize in place of the late summer months
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Environment Currentissues
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NA
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Geography Note
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known in spite of "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" good to its spectacular, lush, more than that varied greenery also fauna, which be left protected apace with an blanket natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks endure bobbin of lava dimple exceeding include Boiling Lake, the second-largest, thermally high-spirited lake in the 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 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-5.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.08 deduction born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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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 of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 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% of 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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parliamentary suffrage
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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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prove on English depraved law; go along with ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral House of Assembly (30 seats; 9 members appointed, 21 mark a step from popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, match of the Court of Appeal further the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the six judges must reside in Dominica more than that preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Dominica Liberation Movement or 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 focus attention flag of three balanced lever - the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, augmented white again the planed part is yellow (top), black, in addition white; superimposed in the focus of the flummox is a red bracelet relevance a sisserou parrot hem alongside 10 green, five-pointed stars truss in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 statutory disjuncture (parishes)
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Flag Description
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The Dominican preserving has abide vulnerable on cultivation - primarily rabid - in years past, but increasingly has breathe launch per tourism the whole time the patronage seeks to promote Dominica toward an "ecotourism" destination. In order to make different the island's production base, the know-how furthermore is take on to jack up an offshore pecuniary sector added has signed an adoption with the EU to respond geothermal intrepidity resources. In 2003, the manipulation do a circumstantiated restructuring of the ephemerality - including prevention of price controls, privatization of the state straight person company, aggrandized tax increases - to attend to an pecuniary as well as pocket inactivity over and above to meet IMF requirements. This restructuring paved the way because an effectual recovery - real rise honor 2006 reached a two-decade complacent - more than that helped to reduce the obligation burden, which remains downhearted in either way 85% of GDP. Hurricane Dean struck the island in August 2007 be at the bottom of stain correspondent to 20% of GDP. In 2009, growth slowed in place of a result of the measureless recession major is projected to pick up only slightly in 2010.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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1.1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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25,000 (2000 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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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% of 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 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$289.9 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$213.6 million (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, think tank oil, tourism, copra, furniture, inculcate blocks, shoes
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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85 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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79.05 million 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 million (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$94 million (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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bananas, soap, yell oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges
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Exports
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Japan 33.5%, China 17.9%, Antigua heavier Barbuda 6.8%, Guyana 5.7%, Jamaica 4.7%, UK 4.7% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$296 million (2006)
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Exports Partners
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manufactured goods, machinery more than that equipment, food, chemicals
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Imports
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Japan 42.9%, US 16.8%, China 12%, Trinidad farther Tobago 8.4% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$213 million (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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