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Updates: 

Source [5] had 2001 census figures that differed slightly from source [3]. I revised this page to match source [5]. And I added 2011 census figures from source [6].

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17, has new ISO parish codes for Dominica. They are shown in the table below. They replace codes from a draft version, ISO/DIS 2166-2, which had not been supported.

International standard ISO 3166-2 was published on December 15, 1998. It superseded ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard). For Dominica, the draft standard showed ten parishes with their codes. The final standard mentions that there are ten parishes, but declines to specify names or codes. It says that these divisions are "not relevant".

Country overview: 

Short name	DOMINICA
ISO code	DM
FIPS code	DO
Language	English (en)
Time zone	-4
Capital	Roseau

 

At the beginning of the 20th century, Dominica was one of five presidencies of the Leeward Islands, a British colony. On 1940-01-01, it became a separate British colony. On 1958-04-22, it joined the West Indies Federation. The Federation was dissolved on 1962-05-31. Dominica became independent on 1978-11-03.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Dominica
2. Dutch: Dominica, Gemenebest Dominica (formal)
3. English: Commonwealth of Dominica (formal)
4. Finnish: Dominica
5. French: Dominique f
6. German: Dominica n
7. Icelandic: Dóminíka
8. Italian: Dominica
9. Norwegian: Dominica, Samveldet Dominica (formal)
10. Portuguese: Dominica, Comunidade f da Dominica f (formal)
11. Russian: Доминика, Содружество Доминики (formal)
12. Spanish: Dominica, Commonwealth de Dominica (formal)
13. Swedish: Dominica
14. Turkish: Dominik

Origin of name: 

discovered by Christopher Columbus on Sunday 1493-11-03 (Spanish domingo: Sunday)

Primary subdivisions: 

Dominica is divided into ten parishes.

Parish	HASC	ISO	FIPS	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)
Saint Andrew	DM.AN	02	DO02	9,471	165	64
Saint David	DM.DA	03	DO03	6,043	120	46
Saint George	DM.GO	04	DO04	21,241	55	21
Saint John	DM.JN	05	DO05	6,561	65	25
Saint Joseph	DM.JH	06	DO06	5,637	110	42
Saint Luke	DM.LU	07	DO07	1,668	15	6
Saint Mark	DM.MA	08	DO08	1,834	15	6
Saint Patrick	DM.PK	09	DO09	7,622	100	39
Saint Paul	DM.PL	10	DO10	9,786	65	25
Saint Peter	DM.PR	11	DO11	1,430	40	15
10 parishes				71,293	750	289
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. Population: 2011-05-14 census preliminary The parishes don't have capitals.

Territorial extent: 

The country consists of the island of Dominica. Roseau, the capital, lies in Saint George parish.

The UN LOCODE page  for Dominica lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Population history:

Parish	1946-04-09	1970-04-07	1981-04-07	1991-05-12	2001-05-12	2011-05-14
Saint Andrew	7,009	11,936	12,748	11,106	10,250	9,471
Saint David	4,127	6,707	7,337	6,977	6,758	6,043
Saint George	12,382	19,470	20,501	20,365	19,863	21,241
Saint John	3,600	5,227	5,412	4,990	5,322	6,561
Saint Joseph	4,205	6,362	6,606	6,183	5,770	5,637
Saint Luke	1,606	1,633	1,503	1,552	1,569	1,668
Saint Mark	1,980	1,961	1,921	1,943	1,909	1,834
Saint Patrick	8,057	10,095	9,780	8,929	8,451	7,622
Saint Paul	2,939	4,456	6,386	7,495	8,435	9,786
Saint Peter	1,719	1,701	1,601	1,643	1,448	1,430
Totals	47,624	69,548	73,795	71,183	69,775	71,293

Sources: 

1. [1] Demographic Yearbook , 7th Ed. Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, 1955 (retrieved 2011-08-20).
2. [2] "Ershiyi (21) Shiji Shijie Diming Lu", Beijing, 2001.
3. [3] "Dominica: Macro-Socio-Economic Assessment Of the damages caused by the Earthquake and Landslides". Table 2, p. 6 had 2001 populations. Document dated 2004-11-21, retrieved 2007-07-19 from http://www.crnm.org/documents/press_releases_2005/Dominica_Assessment_Final_Report.pdf.
4. [4] 1979 Demographic Yearbook , 31st Ed. Statistical Office, United Nations, New York, 1980 (retrieved 2011-12-28).
5. [5] National Census Report, Dominica , Caricom Capacity Development Programme (retrieved 2015-09-18).
6. [6] 2011 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results , Central Statistical Office, Roseau (dated 2011-09, retrieved 2015-09-18).