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Histoire de Dominique — Chronologie
Dates clés de l'histoire de Dominique, d'après le Factbook Magna et l'Encyclopédie universelle.
1763France ceded possession to Britain in 1763, and Dominica became a British colony in 1805.
1833Slavery ended in 1833, and in 1835, the first three men of African descent were elected to the legislative assembly of Dominica.
1871In 1871, Dominica became first part of the British Leeward Islands and then the British Windward Islands until 1958.
1967In 1967, Dominica became an associated state of the UK, formally taking responsibility for its internal affairs, and the country gained its independence in 1978.
1978Independence: 3 November 1978 (from the UK).
1980In 1980, Dominica's fortunes improved when Mary Eugenia CHARLES -- the first female prime minister in the Caribbean -- replaced a corrupt and tyrannical administration, and she served for the next 15 years.
2017In 2017, Hurricane Maria passed over the island, causing extensive damage to structures, roads, communications, and the power supply, and largely destroying critical agricultural areas.
2018Major urban areas: 15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018) highly agrarian OECS island economy; ECCU-member state; large banana exporter; improved oversight of its citizenship-by-investment program; emerging ecotourism, information and communications, and education industries Inflation: 2.6% (2024 est.).
2023Generation mix — fossil fuels: 84.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); solar: 0.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); wind: 0.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); hydroelectricity: 15% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) Energy use: 36.395 million Btu/person (2023 est.).
2023Industries: soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes Agriculture: taro, grapefruits, yams, bananas, coconuts, plantains, milk, yautia, sugarcane, oranges (2023) Electricity access: 100% (2022 est.).
2023Languages: English (official), French patois Religions: Roman Catholic 52.7%, Protestant 29.7% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 6.7%, Pentecostal 6.1%, Baptist 5.2%, Christian Union Church 3.9%, Methodist 2.6%, Gospel Mission 2.1%, other Protestant 3.1%), Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 4.3%, none 9.4%, unspecified 1.4% Urban population: 72% of total population (2023).
