Dominica’s original name is Wai’tukubuli which means tall is her body
Dominica is 29 miles long and 16 miles wide
Approximately 70,000 people live in Dominica
2/3 of the island is national park and protected as a World Heritage Site
Dominica’s coat of arms states “after God it is the land”
The majority of Dominicans are slave descendants brought here from West Africa
There is also an active community of native Dominicans, called Kalinago – they prefer not to be called “Carib” Indians, which means “cannibal”.
Everywhere you go you see people walking with machetes, also called cutlasses
There is a greater concentration of active volcanoes here than anywhere in the world
80% of the people here are Roman Catholic
English here sounds like African languages mixed with French creole. For example, “I love Dominica” translates to “Mwen enme Domnik”
We see lots of African traditions here including Carnival which means Masquerade
There are 195 recorded species of fern, 75 kinds of orchids, 50 kinds of butterflies and 176 species of birds!
Dominica’s landscape is very diverse: woodland, rainforest, microclimates, hot springs…
Endangered giant leatherback turtles lay eggs here every year
Dominica gets 60% of its power from hydroelectric
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so cool... us flatlanders from the midwest would never have known dominica's secrets!
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