We’re not the Dominican Republic!

You hoped you’d reached a site all about the Dominican Republic. Sorry to disappoint you – but you have stumbled across a less-well known but no less beautiful place, our island of Dominica. If you’ve got time, browse our site and I’m sure you’ll agree!

Dominica vs Dominican Republic

Below are some useful facts about the two island nations.


	Dominica	Dominican Republic
FLAG
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE	English	SPANISH
VERNACULAR LANGUAGE	Dominican (French) Creole	____________
LOCATION	Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean	Greater Antilles of the Caribbean
INDEPENDENCE	• from the United Kingdom 3 November 1978	• from Spain (ephemeral) December 1, 1821 • from Haiti (official) February 27, 1844 (not recognized by Haiti until November 9, 1874) • from Spain (restoration) August 16, 1863 (recognized on March 3, 1865) • from the United States (occupation) July 12, 1924
CAPITAL	Roseau	Santo Domingo
LEGISLATURE	House of Assembly of Dominica	Congress • Upper house Senate • Lower house Chamber of Deputies
GOVERNMENT	Unitary Parliamentary Republic	Unitary Presidential Republic
AREA	750 km2 (290 sq mi)	48,442 km2 (18,704 sq mi)
POPULATION	72,324 (2016)	10,075,045 (2016)
ETHINIC GROUPS	86.6% Black 9.1% Mixed 2.9% Indigenous 1.3% other 0.2% unspecified	72.9% Mixed 16.1% White 10.9% Black
CURRENCY	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	Peso (DOP)
TIME ZONE	Eastern Caribbean	Standard Time Caribbean
DRIVES ON THE	Left	Right
TERRAIN	Mountainous, steep volcanic slopes and deep gorges	Rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys
HIGHEST ELEVATION	Morne Diablotins - 1,447 m (4,747 ft)	Pico Duarte - 3,098 m (10,164.04 ft)