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{
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"Introduction": {
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"Background": {
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"text": "Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which colonized the island in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean."
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}
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},
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"Geography": {
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"Location": {
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"text": "Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about halfway between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago"
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},
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"Geographic coordinates": {
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"text": "15 25 N, 61 20 W"
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},
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"Map references": {
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"text": "Central America and the Caribbean"
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},
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"Area": {
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"total": {
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"text": "751 sq km"
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},
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"land": {
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"text": "751 sq km"
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},
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"water": {
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"text": "0 sq km"
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}
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},
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"Area - comparative": {
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"text": "slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC"
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},
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"Land boundaries": {
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"text": "0 km"
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},
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"Coastline": {
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"text": "148 km"
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},
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"Maritime claims": {
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"territorial sea": {
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"text": "12 nm"
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},
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"contiguous zone": {
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"text": "24 nm"
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},
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"exclusive economic zone": {
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"text": "200 nm"
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}
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},
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"Climate": {
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"text": "tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall"
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},
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "rugged mountains of volcanic origin"
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},
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Caribbean Sea 0 m"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Morne Diablotins 1,447 m"
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}
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},
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"Natural resources": {
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"text": "timber, hydropower, arable land"
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},
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"Land use": {
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"agricultural land": {
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"text": "34.7% ++ arable land 8%; permanent crops 24%; permanent pasture 2.7%"
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},
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"forest": {
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"text": "59.2%"
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},
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"other": {
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"text": "6.1% (2011 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"Total renewable water resources": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "0.02 cu km/yr"
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},
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"per capita": {
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"text": "244.1 cu m/yr (2004)"
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}
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months"
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},
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"Environment - current issues": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"Environment - international agreements": {
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"party to": {
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"text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling"
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},
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"signed, but not ratified": {
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"text": "none of the selected agreements"
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}
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},
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"Geography - note": {
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"text": "known as \"The Nature Island of the Caribbean\" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest, thermally active lake in the world"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Dominican(s)"
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},
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"adjective": {
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"text": "Dominican"
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}
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},
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"Ethnic groups": {
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"text": "black 86.6%, mixed 9.1%, indigenous 2.9%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2001 est.)"
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},
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"Languages": {
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"text": "English (official), French patois"
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},
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Roman Catholic 61.4%, Protestant 20.6% (inclues Evangelical 6.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.1%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, other 1.3%), Rastafarian 1.3%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other 0.3%, none 6.1%, unspecified 1.1% (2001 est.)"
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "73,607 (July 2015 est.)"
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "21.96% (male 8,265/female 7,902)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "16.14% (male 6,117/female 5,762)"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "41.83% (male 15,617/female 15,170)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "9.39% (male 3,696/female 3,213)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "10.69% (male 3,463/female 4,402) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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}
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "32.6 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "32.1 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "33 years (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "0.21% (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "15.41 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "7.91 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-5.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "69.5% of total population (2015)"
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},
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"rate of urbanization": {
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"text": "0.84% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Major urban areas - population": {
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"text": "ROSEAU (capital) 15,000 (2014)"
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},
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"Sex ratio": {
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"at birth": {
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"text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
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},
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "1.06 male(s)/female"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "1.03 male(s)/female"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "1.15 male(s)/female"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "0.79 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "1.02 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "11.25 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "14.94 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "7.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "76.79 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "73.82 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "79.91 years (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "2.04 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Health expenditures": {
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"text": "6% of GDP (2013)"
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},
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"Hospital bed density": {
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"text": "3.8 beds/1,000 population (2012)"
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},
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"Drinking water source": {
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"improved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 95.7% of population"
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},
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"unimproved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 4.3% of population (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Sanitation facility access": {
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"improved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 79.6% of population ++ rural: 84.3% of population ++ total: 81.1% of population"
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},
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"unimproved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 20.4% of population ++ rural: 15.7% of population ++ total: 18.9% of population (2007 est.)"
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}
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "25.9% (2014)"
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}
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},
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"Government": {
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"Country name": {
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"conventional long form": {
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"text": "Commonwealth of Dominica"
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},
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"conventional short form": {
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"text": "Dominica"
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},
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"note": {
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"text": "island named by Christopher COLUMBUS after the day of the week on which he spotted it, Sunday (\"domingo\" in Latin), 3 November 1493"
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}
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},
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"Government type": {
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"text": "parliamentary democracy"
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},
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"Capital": {
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"name": {
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"text": "Roseau"
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},
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"geographic coordinates": {
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"text": "15 18 N, 61 24 W"
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},
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"time difference": {
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"text": "UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
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}
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},
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"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "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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},
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"Independence": {
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"text": "3 November 1978 (from the UK)"
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},
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"National holiday": {
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"text": "Independence Day, 3 November (1978)"
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},
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"Constitution": {
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"text": "previous 1967 (preindependence); latest presented 25 July 1978, entered into force 3 November 1978; amended several times, last in 1984 (2011)"
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},
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"Legal system": {
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"text": "common law based on the English model"
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},
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"International law organization participation": {
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"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
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},
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"Suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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},
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "President Charles A. SAVARIN (since 2 October 2013)"
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},
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"head of government": {
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"text": "Prime Minister Roosevelt SKERRIT (since 8 January 2004)"
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},
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
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"text": "president nominated by the prime minister and leader of the opposition party and elected by the House of Assembly for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 30 September 2013 (next to be held in October 2018); prime minister appointed by the president"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "Charles A. SAVARIN (DLP) elected president by a vote of 19-0 on 30 September 2013"
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}
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "unicameral House of Assembly (32 seats; 21 representatives directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 9 senators appointed by the Assembly, and 2 ex-officio members - the House Speaker and the Clerk of the House; members serve 5-year terms)"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "last held on 8 December 2014 (next to be held in 2019); note - tradition dictates that the election is held within five years of the last election, but technically it is five years from the first seating of parliament plus a 90-day grace period"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DLP 15, UWP 6"
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}
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},
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest court(s)": {
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"text": "The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the itinerant superior court of record for the 9-member Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to include Dominica; the ECSC - based on St. Lucia - is headed by the chief justice and is comprised of the Court of Appeal with 3 justices and the High Court with 16 judges; sittings of the Court of Appeal and High Court rotate among the 9 member states; 2 High Court judges reside in Dominica; note - Dominica is a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice"
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},
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"judge selection and term of office": {
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"text": "ECSC chief justice appointed by Her Majesty, Queen ELIZABETH II; other justices and judges appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission; Court of Appeal justices appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 65; High Court judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 62"
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},
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"subordinate courts": {
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"text": "Court of Summary Jurisdiction; magistrates' courts"
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}
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},
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"Political parties and leaders": {
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"text": "Dominica Freedom Party or DFP [Judith PESTAINA] ++ Dominica Labor Party or DLP [Roosevelt SKERRIT] ++ Dominica United Workers Party or UWP [Hector JOHN]"
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},
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"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
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"text": "Dominica Liberation Movement or DLM (a small leftist party)"
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},
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"International organization participation": {
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"text": "ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, Commonwealth of Nations, ECCU, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
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},
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"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
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"chief of mission": {
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"text": "Ambassador Hubert J. CHARLES (since 16 July 2010)"
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},
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"chancery": {
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"text": "3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016"
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},
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"telephone": {
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"text": "[1] (202) 364-6781"
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},
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"FAX": {
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"text": "[1] (202) 364-6791"
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},
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"consulate(s) general": {
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"text": "New York"
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}
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},
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"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
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"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Dominica; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Dominica"
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},
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"Flag description": {
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"text": "green with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white and the horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a Sisserou parrot, unique to Dominica, encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes); green symbolizes the island's lush vegetation; the triple-colored cross represents the Christian Trinity; the yellow color denotes sunshine, the main agricultural products (citrus and bananas), and the native Carib Indians; black is for the rich soil and the African heritage of most citizens; white signifies rivers, waterfalls, and the purity of aspirations; the red disc stands for social justice"
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},
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"National symbol(s)": {
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"text": "Sisserou parrot, Carib Wood flower; national colors: green, yellow, black, white, red"
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},
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"National anthem": {
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"name": {
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"text": "\"Isle of Beauty\""
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},
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"lyrics/music": {
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"text": "Wilfred Oscar Morgan POND/Lemuel McPherson CHRISTIAN"
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},
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"note": {
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"text": "adopted 1967"
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}
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}
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},
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"Economy": {
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"Economy - overview": {
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"text": "The Dominican economy has been dependent on agriculture - primarily bananas - in years past, but increasingly has been driven by tourism as the government seeks to promote Dominica as an \"ecotourism\" destination. Moreover, Dominica has an offshore medical education sector. In order to diversify the island's economy, the government is also attempting to foster an offshore financial industry and plans to sign agreements with the private sector to develop geothermal energy resources. In 2003, the government began a comprehensive restructuring of the economy - including the elimination of price controls, privatization of the state banana company, and tax increases - to address an economic and financial crisis and to meet IMF requirements. In 2009 and 2013, the economy contracted as a result of the global recession; growth remains anemic. Although public debt levels continue to exceed pre-recession levels, the debt burden declined from 78% of GDP in 2011 to approximately 70% in 2012."
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},
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
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"text": "$764 million (2014 est.) ++ $755.7 million (2013 est.) ++ $762.4 million (2012 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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}
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},
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"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
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"text": "$526 million (2014 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - real growth rate": {
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"text": "1.1% (2014 est.) ++ -0.9% (2013 est.) ++ -1.4% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
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"text": "$10,800 (2014 est.) ++ $10,700 (2013 est.) ++ $10,800 (2012 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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}
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},
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"Gross national saving": {
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"text": "-1.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ -1% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ -3.3% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - composition, by end use": {
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"household consumption": {
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"text": "57.4%"
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},
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"government consumption": {
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"text": "20.4%"
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},
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"investment in fixed capital": {
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"text": "28.5%"
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},
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"investment in inventories": {
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"text": "0%"
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},
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"exports of goods and services": {
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"text": "59.3%"
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},
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"imports of goods and services": {
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"text": "-65.6% ++ (2014 est.)"
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}
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},
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"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
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"agriculture": {
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"text": "14.8%"
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},
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"industry": {
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"text": "14.1%"
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},
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"services": {
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"text": "71.1% (2014 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Agriculture - products": {
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"text": "bananas, citrus, mangos, root crops, coconuts, cocoa",
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"note": {
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"text": "forest and fishery potential not exploited"
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}
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},
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"Industries": {
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"text": "soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes"
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},
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"Industrial production growth rate": {
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"text": "-1% (2014 est.)"
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},
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"Labor force": {
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"text": "25,000 (2000 est.)"
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},
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"Labor force - by occupation": {
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"agriculture": {
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"text": "40%"
|
|
},
|
|
"industry": {
|
|
"text": "32%"
|
|
},
|
|
"services": {
|
|
"text": "28% (2002 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Unemployment rate": {
|
|
"text": "23% (2000 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Population below poverty line": {
|
|
"text": "29% (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
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"Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
|
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"lowest 10%": {
|
|
"text": "NA%"
|
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},
|
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"highest 10%": {
|
|
"text": "NA%"
|
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}
|
|
},
|
|
"Budget": {
|
|
"revenues": {
|
|
"text": "$148.1 million"
|
|
},
|
|
"expenditures": {
|
|
"text": "$185.2 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
|
"text": "28.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
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"text": "-7.2% of GDP (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Public debt": {
|
|
"text": "70% of GDP (2012 est.) ++ 78% of GDP (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Fiscal year": {
|
|
"text": "1 July - 30 June"
|
|
},
|
|
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
|
"text": "0.7% (2014 est.) ++ -0.2% (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Central bank discount rate": {
|
|
"text": "6.5% (31 December 2010) ++ 6.5% (31 December 2009)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
|
|
"text": "9.1% (31 December 2014 est.) ++ 9.1% (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Stock of narrow money": {
|
|
"text": "$88 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $78.84 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Stock of broad money": {
|
|
"text": "$463.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $429.1 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Stock of domestic credit": {
|
|
"text": "$370.4 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $319.6 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Current account balance": {
|
|
"text": "-$68 million (2014 est.) ++ -$72.1 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exports": {
|
|
"text": "$38.6 million (2014 est.) ++ $41 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exports - commodities": {
|
|
"text": "bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exports - partners": {
|
|
"text": "Japan 35.7%, Jamaica 18.4%, Antigua and Barbuda 10.1%, Trinidad and Tobago 6.3%, St. Lucia 4.6%, St. Kitts and Nevis 4% (2014)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Imports": {
|
|
"text": "$186.9 million (2014 est.) ++ $178.6 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Imports - commodities": {
|
|
"text": "manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals"
|
|
},
|
|
"Imports - partners": {
|
|
"text": "Japan 40%, Trinidad and Tobago 16.9%, US 12%, China 7% (2014)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
|
|
"text": "$90 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $87.05 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Debt - external": {
|
|
"text": "$299 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $286.2 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exchange rates": {
|
|
"text": "East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - ++ 2.7 (2014 est.) ++ 2.7 (2013 est.) ++ 2.7 (2012 est.) ++ 2.7 (2011 est.) ++ 2.7 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Energy": {
|
|
"Electricity - production": {
|
|
"text": "105.5 million kWh (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - consumption": {
|
|
"text": "98.12 million kWh (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
|
|
"text": "98,000 kW (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
|
|
"text": "20.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
|
|
"text": "6.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
|
|
"text": "73.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
|
|
"text": "960 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
|
|
"text": "915.9 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - production": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - consumption": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
|
|
"text": "132,100 Mt (2012 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Communications": {
|
|
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
|
"total subscriptions": {
|
|
"text": "17,600"
|
|
},
|
|
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
|
"text": "24 (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "92,200"
|
|
},
|
|
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
|
"text": "126 (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Telephone system": {
|
|
"general assessment": {
|
|
"text": "fully automatic network"
|
|
},
|
|
"domestic": {
|
|
"text": "fixed-line connections continued to decline slowly with the two active operators providing about 20 fixed-line connections per 100 persons; subscribership among the three mobile-cellular providers continued to increase with teledensity reaching 150 per 100 persons"
|
|
},
|
|
"international": {
|
|
"text": "country code - 1-767; landing points for the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) and the Global Caribbean Network (GCN) submarine cables providing connectivity to other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad; microwave radio relay and SHF radiotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia (2010)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Broadcast media": {
|
|
"text": "no terrestrial TV service available; subscription cable TV provider offers some locally produced programming plus channels from the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean; state-operated radio broadcasts on 6 stations; privately owned radio broadcasts on about 15 stations (2007)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Radio broadcast stations": {
|
|
"text": "AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0 (2009)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Television broadcast stations": {
|
|
"text": "1 (2004)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Internet country code": {
|
|
"text": ".dm"
|
|
},
|
|
"Internet users": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "43,400"
|
|
},
|
|
"percent of population": {
|
|
"text": "59.1% (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Transportation": {
|
|
"Airports": {
|
|
"text": "2 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Airports - with paved runways": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "2"
|
|
},
|
|
"1,524 to 2,437 m": {
|
|
"text": "1"
|
|
},
|
|
"914 to 1,523 m": {
|
|
"text": "1 (2013)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Roadways": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "1,512 km"
|
|
},
|
|
"paved": {
|
|
"text": "762 km"
|
|
},
|
|
"unpaved": {
|
|
"text": "750 km (2010)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Merchant marine": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "43"
|
|
},
|
|
"by type": {
|
|
"text": "bulk carrier 11, cargo 22, chemical tanker 2, petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 1"
|
|
},
|
|
"foreign-owned": {
|
|
"text": "32 (Australia 1, Estonia 6, Germany 5, Greece 4, India 2, Latvia 2, Norway 1, Russia 3, Saudi Arabia 2, Syria 4, Turkey 1, Ukraine 1)"
|
|
},
|
|
"registered in other countries": {
|
|
"text": "1 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2010)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Ports and terminals": {
|
|
"major seaport(s)": {
|
|
"text": "Portsmouth, Roseau"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Military": {
|
|
"Military branches": {
|
|
"text": "no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Manpower available for military service": {
|
|
"males age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "19,075 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Manpower fit for military service": {
|
|
"males age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "16,035"
|
|
},
|
|
"females age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "15,499 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
|
|
"male": {
|
|
"text": "675"
|
|
},
|
|
"female": {
|
|
"text": "636 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Transnational Issues": {
|
|
"Disputes - international": {
|
|
"text": "Dominica is the only Caribbean state to challenge Venezuela's sovereignty claim over Aves Island and joins the other island nations in challenging whether the feature sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf claims over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea"
|
|
},
|
|
"Illicit drugs": {
|
|
"text": "transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; minor cannabis producer (2008)"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
} |