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 Latin America and the Caribbean -Contacts-
Dominica

Basic Data*

Area: 754 km²
Capital: Roseau
Language: English, Creole, French
Total population: 0.1 (millions 2004)
Urban population: 75.5 (% of total)
Total estimated population 2015: 0.1 (millions)
Currency: Dólar EC
GDP Per Capita: 5.643 (US$, 2004)
Grow Rate of population: 0.9 (%/annum, 2004-2015)
Religion(s): Roman Catholic (77%), Protestant (15%)
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source: 97 (%, annum 2004)
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation: 84 (%, annum 2004)
Borders: Islands in the Caribbean Sea, at the northern end of the Lesser Antilles, between Guadalupe to the north and Martinique to the south
Record of disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/natural-table-emdat.php?country=Dominica
Technological disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/tech-table-emdat.php?country=Dominica

 

Ministry of Communications, Works and Housing
Telecommunications Department
Government Headquarters Roseau, Dominica
Tel: (767) 448-2401
Fax: (767) 448-2883
E-mail: mincomwh@tod.dm


Dominica Red Cross
Federation Drive Goodwill
Roseau, Dominica
Tel: (767) 448-8280
Fax: (767) 448-7708
E-mail: redcross@cwdom.dm


Assistant Coordinator Office of Disaster Management
Ministry of Communications & Works
Government Headquarters
Roseau
Commonwealth of Dominica
Tel: (767) 448-7777
Fax: (767) 448-2883
E-mail: mincomwh@cwdom.dm


National Disaster Coordinator - Office of Disaster Management / Coordinadora Nacional de Desastres - Oficina para la Gestión de Desastres
Post Office Building, Bay Front, Roseau
Tel: (767) 448-7777
Fax: (767) 448-2883
E-mail: mincomwh@cwdom.dm

Health Disaster Coordinator. Ministry of Health
Kennedy Avenue, Roseau
Tel: (767) 448-5248
Fax: (767) 448-6086
E-mail: ade90@yahoo.com

 

 
* Source: Statistics and indicators are provided by the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS); the United Nations Statistics Division from the World Statistics Pocketbook, Statistical Yearbook and Report, except capital cities, languages and illiteracy rate; the Human Development Report 2006; and the Data Base of Stadistics and Social Indicators (BADEINSO) of ECLAC.

Regional Disaster Information Center
Tel: (506) 296.3952 | Fax: (506) 2231.5973
Pavas, San José, Costa Rica,
P.O. Box 1122-1200 San José, Costa Rica – 101092
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