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Roseau (Dominican Creole: Wozo) is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. [1] It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau River and Morne Bruce.
The Commonwealth of Dominica is engaged in a long-running dispute with Venezuela over Venezuela's territorial claims to the sea surrounding Isla de Aves (literally Bird Island, but in fact called 'Bird Rock' by Dominican authorities), [48] [70] a tiny islet located 140 miles (225 km) west of the island of Dominica.
As a result of her defiance to the Trujillo regime 1930s and 1940s the Dominican Feminist Action {Acción Feminista Dominicana (AFD)} alliance with the regime erased Rodríguez's contributions to Dominican history as well as, women’s health care in the island and other activists like herself from official Dominican feminist memories and ...
Saint David is one of Dominica's ten administrative parishes, located on the eastern side of the island. [1] It is bordered by St. Andrew to the north; St. Joseph, St. Paul and St. George to the west; and St. Patrick to the south. With that, it's bordered by five other parishes, more than any other one in Dominica.
The first written records in the history of Dominica began in November 1493, when Christopher Columbus spotted the island. Prior to European contact, Dominica was inhabited by the Arawak . Dominica was a French colony from 1715 until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, and then became a British colony from 1763 to 1978.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Dominica: Dominica – sovereign island nation located in the Caribbean Sea. [1] In Latin, its name means "Sunday", which was the day on which it was discovered by Christopher Columbus. Dominica's pre-Columbian name was Wai'tu kubuli, which means "Tall is her body". [2]
Grand Bay, also known as Berekua or Berricoa, is a village in the south of Dominica. It has a population of 2,288 as of 2010, [1] and is the largest settlement in St. Patrick Parish. Grand Bay, also called South City, the cultural capital of Dominica, is a vibrant community located along the Atlantic Ocean coast in the south-east of Dominica.
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