Driving from beautiful Dominica Mero Beach to Roseau 5 months before hurricane Maria hit the island

Driving at beautiful Dominica Mero Beach to Roseau 5 months before hurricane Maria hit this Caribbean island. Recorded with ION action camera mounted on windshield with a suction cup mount adapter.

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Dominica
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with the Dominican Republic or Domenica.
For other uses, see Dominican (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 15°25′N 61°20′W

Commonwealth of Dominica

Motto: "Apres Bondie, C'est La Ter"[1] (Dominican Creole French)
"Post deum terra est " (Latin)
"After God is the earth"
Anthem: Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
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Location of Dominica (circled in red)in the Caribbean (light yellow)
Location of Dominica (circled in red)
in the Caribbean (light yellow)
Location of Dominica
Capital
and largest city Roseau
15°18′N 61°23′W
Official languages English
Vernacular
languages Dominican Creole French
Ethnic groups (2001[2])
86.6% Black
9.1% Mixed
2.9% Indigenous
1.3% other
0.2% unspecified
Religion 94.4% Christians
3% Folk religion
0.5% Irreligious
0.1% Muslims
2.0% Other[3]
Demonym Dominican or Dominiquais
Government Unitary parliamentary republic
• President
Charles Savarin
• Prime Minister
Roosevelt Skerrit
Legislature House of Assembly of Dominica
Independence
• Associated Statehood Act 1967
1 March 1967
• from the United Kingdom
3 November 1978
Area
• Total
750 km2 (290 sq mi) (174th)
• Water (%)
1.6
Population
• 2016 estimate
73,543[4] (195th)
• 2011 census
71,293[5]
• Density
105/km2 (271.9/sq mi) (95th)
GDP (PPP) 2016 estimate
• Total
$808 million[6]
• Per capita
$11,429[6]
GDP (nominal) 2016 estimate
• Total
$521 million[6]
• Per capita
$7,362[6]
HDI (2014) Increase 0.724[7]
high · 94th
Currency East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Time zone Eastern Caribbean (UTC–4)
Drives on the left
Calling code +1-767
ISO 3166 code DM
Internet TLD .dm
Dominica (/dəˈmɪˌnɪkə/ or /ˌdɒmɪˈniːkə/; French: Dominique; Island Carib: Wai‘tu kubuli), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is a sovereign island country.[8] The capital, Roseau, is located on the leeward side of the island. It is part of the Windward Islands in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The island lies south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its area is 750 km2 (290 sq mi), and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at 1,447 m (4,747 ft) in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census.[5]

The island was originally inhabited by the Kalinago and later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493, and the island's name is derived from the Latin for "Sunday". Great Britain took possession in 1763 after its defeat of France in the Seven Years' War, and it gradually established English as the official language. The island republic gained independence in 1978.

Its name is pronounced with stress falling either on second syllable of the word, after the Latin word dŏmĭnĭcă "lordly", or on the third syllable, after the French name Dominique. Dominica has been nicknamed the "Nature Isle of the Caribbean" for its natural environment.[9] It is the youngest island in the Lesser Antilles, still being formed by geothermal-volcanic activity, as evidenced by the world's second-largest hot spring, called Boiling Lake. The island has lush mountainous rainforests, and is the home of many rare plants, animals, and bird species. There are xeric areas in some of the western coastal regions, but heavy rainfall occurs inland. The Sisserou parrot, also known as the imperial amazon and found only on Dominica, is the island's national bird and featured on the national flag. Dominica's economy depends on tourism and agriculture.