DOMINICA (Continued)
Mary Eugenia Charles; Dominica Democratic Labor Party (DDLP), Oliver Seraphin; Dominica Liberation Movement Alliance (DLMA), William Riviere
Voting strength (1980 election): House of Assembly seats—DFP 17 seats, DLP 2 seats, independent 2 seats
Communists: negligible
Member of: CARICOM, FAO, GATT (de facto), IDA, IFAD, IFC, IMCO, IMF, OAS, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WMO
ECONOMY
GNP: $35 million (1980 est. in 1977 prices), $430 per capita; 1980 real growth rate, —1.4% (est.)
Agricultural products: bananas, citrus, coconuts, cocoa, dasheen
Major industries: agricultural processing, tourism
Electric power: 7,000 kW capacity (1981); 15 million kWh produced (1981), 189 kWh per capita
Exports: $8.9 million (f.o.b., 1980 proj.); bananas, lime juice and oil, cocoa, reexports
Imports: $49 million (c.i.f., 1980 proj.); machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured articles, cement
Major trade partners: exports—56% UK, 14% East Common Market, 17% rest of CARICOM, 6% other Caribbean, 4% US (1979); imports—25% UK, 12% ECC, 16% rest of Caribbean, 14% US
Aid: economic—bilateral ODA and OOF (1970-79), from Western (non-US) countries, $22.6 million; no military aid
Budget: revenues, $28 million (including grants); expenditures, $30 million (excluding grants) (1980/81)
Monetary conversion rate: 2.70 East Caribbean dollars=US$1
Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: none
Highways: 630 km total; 360 km paved, 270 km gravel and earth
Ports: 2 minor (Roseau, Portsmouth)
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 1 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: 4,000 telephones in fully automatic network (5.1 per 100 popl.); VHF and UHF link to St. Lucia; 2 AM stations and 1 TV station
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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LAND
48,692 km2; 14% cultivated, 4% fallow, 17% meadows and pastures, 45% forested, 20% built on or waste
Land boundaries: 361 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 nm (fishing 200 nm; 200 nm exclusive economic zone)
Coastline: 1,288 km
PEOPLE
Population: 6,013,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 2.7%
Nationality: noun—Dominican(s); adjective—Dominican
Ethnic divisions: 73% mulatto, 16% white, 11% Negro
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 68%
Labor force: 1.3 million; 73% agriculture, 8% industry, 19% services, and other
Organized labor: 12% of labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Dominican Republic
Type: republic
Capital: Santo Domingo
Political subdivisions: 26 provinces and the National District
Legal system: based on French civil codes; 1966 constitution
National holiday: Independence Day, 27 February Branches: President popularly elected for a four-year term; bicameral legislature consisting of Senate (27 seats) and Chamber of Deputies (91 seats) elected for four-year terms; Supreme Court Government leader: President Antonio (Silvestre) GUZMAN Fernández
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