Dominica Island Profile

January 16, 2007 ·  

LOCATION:
The Commonwealth of Dominica (pronounced Dom-in-ee-ka) is located in the Eastern Caribbean, north of Martinique and south of Guadeloupe, 375 miles southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It lies between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

SIZE:
Dominica is 29 miles long and 16 miles wide; the total land area nearly 290 square miles. It has the highest mountains in the Eastern Caribbean, the loftiest peak, Morne Diablotin, is 4,747 feet high.

POPULATION:
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