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Commonwealth of Dominica Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 69   Population 2000 (UN '000) 71
Area (km2) 769   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 9
Number of Administrative Units 10   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 7
Number of Urban Extents 3   Number of Settlement Points 17

Commonwealth of Dominica Details

Names
ISO3-Code DMA
Continent North America
Country Name Commonwealth of Dominica
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Parishes
Number of Units 10
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 7
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1991
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 71
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 70
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 69
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 71
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 71
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 71
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 769
Average Input Resolution (km) 9
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 17
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 17,745
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,016
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,770
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 3
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 126
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 37
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 88
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 263
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 37,322
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,192
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 18,832
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 56,497
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 34%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 73%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 71%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 1
Regression-estimated Extents 5
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Commonwealth of Dominica. Demographic Statistics, No.2, 1996. Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance. Roseau, Dominica.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Digital Chart of the World (DCW).
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
Dominica Statistical Digest No. 7 2002, Dominica Central Statistical Office, UN Statistical Library; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Cities and villages with 500 inhabi-tants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
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Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
Internal boundaries digitized from a map from the Statistical Office included in the report - Commonwealth of Dominica. Demographic Statistics, No.2, 1996. Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance. Roseau, Dominica.