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Hurricane David is the most powerful and devastating hurricane ever recorded in Dominica.

Dominica is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located about halfway between the French islands of Guadeloupe ( to the north ) and Martinique ( to the south ).

Geographically, Dominica is distinctive in many ways.

According to a popular West Indian belief, Dominica is the only New World territory that Columbus would still recognize.

Dominica is the largest and most northerly of the Windward Islands.

Oblong-shaped and slightly smaller than New York City, Dominica is in area, in length, and in width.

Geologically, Dominica is part of the rugged Lesser Antilles volcanic arc.

Dominica is water-rich with swift-flowing highland streams, which cascade into deep gorges and form natural pools and crater lakes.

The Caribbean Sea offshore of the island of Dominica is home to many cetaceans.

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Dominica, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Dominica is the only island in the eastern Caribbean to retain some of its pre-Columbian population — the Carib Indians — about 3, 000 of whom live on the island's east coast.

Politics of Dominica takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Dominica is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.

Dominica is also a member of the Caribbean Development Bank ( CDB ), and the Commonwealth of Nations.

Dominica is also a member of the International Criminal Court with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the US-military ( as covered under Article 98 ).

* 2004 – The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history.

* Dominica is claimed by France.

Another example is an array of fumaroles in the Valley of Desolation in Morne Trois Pitons National Park in Dominica.

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

Dominica is a member of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union ( ECCU ).

Dominica is a beneficiary of the U. S. Caribbean Basin Initiative ( CBI ).

There is some mining potential in Dominica, especially in the island's northeast where there are believed to be deposits of copper.

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 ).

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.

Early recording stars from this era included Swinging Busters, The Gaylords, De Boys an Dem and Los Caballeros, while chorale groups also gained fans, especially Lajenne Etwal, Siflé Montan ' y and the Dominica Folk singers.

Ethnomusicologist Jocelyn Guilbault, however, describes zouk as a synthesis of Caribbean popular styles, especially Dominica cadence-lypso, Guadeloupean biguine, and Haitian cadence.

Ethnomusicologist Jocelyn Guilbault, however, describes zouk as a synthesis of Caribbean popular styles, especially Dominica cadence-lypso, Guadeloupean biguine, and Haitian cadence.

In 1727 the first French commander, M. Le Grand, took charge of the island and established a rudimentary government thus making Dominica formally a colony of France.

In 1761 during the Seven Years War a British expedition against Dominica led by Lord Rollo was successful and the island was conquered along with several other Caribbean islands.

Dominica was the last island to be formed in the Caribbean.

After successful settlement on the island of St. Christophe ( St. Kitts ), the French Company of the American Islands delegated ( Charles Lienard ) Liénard de L ' Olive and Jean Duplessis Ossonville, Lord of Ossonville to colonize one or any of the region ’ s islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique or Dominica.

It finally, by influence of the neighboring island of Dominica ( La Dominique ), came to be known as Martinique.

Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of St. Lucia and south of Dominica

* 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.

Pumice was the major commodity extracted from the island for export, and Dominica produced clay, limestone, volcanic ash, and sand and gravel, primarily for the construction industry.

* Champagne Hot Springs is a shallow submarine geothermal spring system along the coast of the island of Dominica, Lesser Antilles.

* Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea

At the age of eighteen, Fanon fled the island as a " dissident " ( the coined word for French West Indians joining Gaullist forces ) and travelled to British-controlled Dominica to join the Free French Forces.

* Massacre, Dominica, a land on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean

* La Ronde River, on the Caribbean island of Dominica

* Something of, from, or related to the Commonwealth of Dominica, an island nation in the Lesser Antilles, in the Caribbean.

In 1829, when Jameson was appointed puisne judge in the island of Dominica, the couple separated without regret, and Jameson visited Continental Europe again with her father.

Most down-islanders came from St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, St. Lucia and Dominica, although people from every Anglophone Caribbean island can be found on St. Croix.

The music of Dominica plays an important role in the social and culture life of the Antillean island of Dominica.

The Nature island boasts of Cadence-lypso, a genre developed in Dominica and made popular in the French departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe.