More recently, the cane toad has been spotted in Carriacou and Dominica, the latter appearance occurring in spite of the failure of the earlier introductions.

The small Caribbean republic of Dominica has used the official style Commonwealth of Dominica since 1970.

Dominica has a tropical wet climate with characteristically warm temperatures and heavy rainfall.

The UNCCD has 194 country Parties: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d ' Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The country also has an active maritime boundary dispute with Dominica over the Isla Aves archipelago located in the Caribbean.

Dominica has made some progress, with the export of small quantities of citrus fruits and vegetables and the introduction of coffee, patchouli, aloe vera, cut flowers, and exotic fruits such as mangoes, guavas, and papayas.

Dominica has also had some success in increasing its manufactured exports, with soap as the primary product.

Because Dominica is mostly volcanic and has few beaches, development of tourism has been slow compared with that on neighboring islands.

Dominica has the potential for a lumber industry.

Dominica has not yet been able to attract significant numbers of foreign manufacturers, partly because its wage rates are relatively high and partly because its infrastructure is not suited to high-volume manufacturing.

Dominica has tried to expand its base by building up offshore financial services.

Soca music has evolved in the last 20 years primarily by musicians from various Anglophone Caribbean countries including Trinidad, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, United States Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica and Belize.

In addition, Dominica's own popular music industry has created a form called bouyon, which combines elements from several styles and has achieved a wide fanbase in Dominica, especially the group WCK ( Windward Caribbean Kulture ) and KKK ( Triple k International ).

Folk music on Dominica has historically been a part of everyday life, including work songs, religious music and secular, recreational music.

The bélé tradition has declined in the 20th and 21st century, but is still performed for holidays like Easter, Independence Day, Christmas, Jounen Kwéyòl and patron saint festivals held annually in the Parishes of Dominica, especially in the Fèt St .- Pierre and the Fèt St .- Isidore for fishermen and workers respectively.

The result became known as bouyon, and has re-established Dominica in the field of popular music.

Calypso has been popular in Dominica since the 1950s ; the first Calypso King was crowned in 1959.

Popular calypso in Dominica has always been closely associated with steelpan music.

zouk-love has its origins in a slow tempo form of cadence sang by Ophelia Marie of Dominica.

Calypso has also retained much popularity in Dominica, as has Jazz.

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For example, it is one of only four UN members that do not belong to the International Civil Aviation Organization ; the other three nations are Dominica, Liechtenstein ( which has no airports at all ), and Niue.

They have three children, Benedict, Jerome, and Dominica who are bilingual in English and Irish.

To reduce weight the south tower is therefore only an empty shell with no interior or stairs, and the three big bells, " Susanne " ( e ), " Apostolica " ( b ) and " Dominica " ( b ), are in the north tower with a solid rock foundation.

Winds never rose above and after passing directly over Dominica and into the eastern Caribbean, the storm weakened to a tropical depression and dissipated well south of Hispaniola three days after forming.

As of the 2009 general election, it is the only opposition party represented in the House of Assembly of Dominica, holding three of the twenty-one seats.

The auspices of the High Commission to Barbados also include issues involving the neighbouring Eastern Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, as well as three British overseas territories: Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Montserrat.

* Portsmouth, Dominica, second-largest town in the Dominica

* Indian River ( Dominica ), a river in Portsmouth

* Roseau, Dominica

Henry Wilcoxon ( September 8, 1905 – March 6, 1984 ) was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films.

Henry Wilcoxon was born Harry Frederick Wilcoxon on September 8, 1905 in Roseau, Dominica.

Government House, Roseau is the official residence of the President of Dominica.

The World Creole Music Festival takes place on the island of Dominica, in Festival City, Roseau, which is run by the governmental Dominica Festivals Commission.

High winds, rains, and storm surge caused severe damage at Roseau, Dominica.

In 2010, Save-A-Lot expanded its presence into the Caribbean with licensed stores in San Nicolas, Aruba and Roseau, Dominica.

Crispin Sorhaindo, former President of Dominica, was given a state funeral on January 18, 2010 in Roseau.

* The IATA airport code for Canefield Airport, Roseau, Dominica

* Princess Margaret Hospital ( Roseau ), Roseau, Dominica

That year Frederick Newton, commander of the Military of Dominica, organised an attack on the police headquarters in Roseau, resulting in the death of a police officer.

It is a flooded fumarole 6. 5 miles ( 10. 5 km ) east of Roseau, Dominica.

On August 7, after stations in the Lesser Antilles reported a change in wind from the northeast to the northwest, the United States Weather Bureau ordered hurricane signals at Roseau, Dominica, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, and San Juan, Puerto Rico ; later, a hurricane signal was raised at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

A hurricane struck the island of Dominica on September 20, bringing heavy winds and a 12 ft storm surge that devastated the capital of Roseau ; 230 people are believed to have been killed by the hurricane's onslaught.

The capital city of Dominica, Roseau, is in this parish, as well as its suburbs: