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Interesting Facts about Dominica

Trivia, oddities, and curious tidbits about Dominica.

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3 curious facts about Dominica.

Christopher Columbus visited the island in 1493. As he landed on a Sunday, he called the island Dominica (Sunday Island).
Dominica gained its independence in 1978.
Two years after independence Mary Eugenia Charles became the first female Prime Minister in the Caribbean.