“Dominica is not your average Caribbean island. If you’re looking for the usual — and very enjoyable — sun, sea, and sand while sipping on a rum punch, there are many other contenders to choose from. But no other island offers the natural, seemingly untouched beauty of the island, aptly titled the nature isle.”
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The Island of Dominica
The “Nature Island of the Caribbean”. Dominica is situated in the eastern Caribbean, south of Guadeloupe and north of Martinique. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs.
With an area of 751 km² (289.5 sq mi) the island is slightly larger than Singapore, or slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC. The island has a coastline of 148 km, its landscape is mountainous and of volcanic origin, highest peak is Morne Diablotin, at 1,447m (4,747 ft), the dormant volcano is the second highest mountain in the Lesser Antilles, after La Grande Soufrière in Guadeloupe.
The most northern of the Windward Islands, Dominica has a population of of 72,000 inhabitants (in 2014). Capital and largest city is Roseau. Spoken languages are English (official) and a French based Antillean Creole (Kwéyòl).