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| Overview | People | Geography | Economy | Government | Communications | Transport | Military | Map |
| Country | Barbados |
| Flag |  |
| Capital | name: Bridgetown geographic coordinates: 13 06 N, 59 37 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Population | 280,946 (July 2007 est.) |
| GMT | -4 |
| Location | Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela see map |
| Area | total: 431 sq km land: 431 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Ethnic groups | black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6% |
| Religions | Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12% |
| Languages | English |
| Government type | parliamentary democracy |
| National holiday | Independence Day, 30 November (1966) |
| Constitution | 30 November 1966 |
| Legal system | English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Background | The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance. |
| Internet country code | .bb |
