Dominica
Commonwealth of Dominica
Dominica
CAPITAL: Roseau
FLAG: On a green background appears a cross composed of yellow, black, and white stripes; in the center is a red disk with 10 yellow-bordered green stars surrounding a parrot.
ANTHEM: Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendor.
MONETARY UNIT: The East Caribbean dollar (EC $) of 100 cents is the national currency. There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, and 25, and 1 dollar, and notes of 5, 10, 20, and 100 East Caribbean dollars. EC $1 = US0.3704 (or US $1 = EC $2.70) as of January 2003.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is being introduced, but imperial measures remain in common use.
HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January; Labor Day, 1 May; Caricom Day, 2 July; Bank Holiday, 1st Monday in August; National Days, 3–4 November; Christmas, 25 December; Boxing Day, 26 December. Movable religious holidays include Carnival, Good Friday, Easter Monday, and Whitmonday.
TIME: 8 AM = noon GMT.
Location, Size, and Extent
Although usually classified as one of the Windward Islands, Dominica, located between Guadeloupe to the N and Martinique to the S, marks the midpoint of the Lesser Antilles. To the E lies the Atlantic Ocean, to the W the Caribbean Sea.
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