ocr: DOMINICARIG Passage Gundrtaupe Official Name: Commonwealth ofDominica Capital: Roseau Population: 83,000 16 Currency: East Caribbean dollar Official Language: English Portsmoutho DOMINICA IS RENOWNED as the Caribbean island that resisted d European colonization Z. until the 18th century, when: it was controlled first by Morne the French, then, from 1759, by the British. Known 1530 A1 1447m Diablotins Marigol as the "Nature Island" due to its spectacular, lush - - and abundant flora and fauna, which are protected Hieserve by extensive national parks, Dominicais the most mountainous of the Lesse ...