Salisbury is a town on the west coast of the small Caribbean island nation of Dominica. It is located at 15°26′9″N 61°26′13″W / 15.43583°N 61.43694°W and is a part of the country's St. Joseph administrative division. Its population is 2,129. On August 29, 1976, the Dominican Premier, Patrick Roland John, introduced the idea of independence to the nation. There, he signed the Salisbury Declaration: a document citing the intentions of what was then an island colony of Britain to become an independent state.