Barbados

Guide to BARBADOS

BARBADOS which official name is Barbados or Barbados, is a country from America located at the Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela. BARBADOS is divided in 11 parishes and 1 city . BARBADOS's capital is Bridgetown which is the most populated city with about 98,511 inhabitants.

History of BARBADOS

BARBADOS's government is parliamentary democracy; a Constitutional monarchy with a Ceremonial government type, with Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Clifford Husbands as head of state and Prime Minister Owen Arthur as head of government.

Other symbols of BARBADOS are Barbadian motto " Pride and Industry Barbadian anthem "In Plenty and In Time of Need, (Royal Anthem: God Save the Queen) Barbadian flag.Barbadian flag is composed by three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold, and blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band; the trident head represents independence and a break with the past (the colonial coat of arms contained a complete trident) .

BARBADOS's history is quite long: 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.

BARBADOSs geography

Guide to travel to BARBADOS

If you are thinking on traveling to BARBADOS, you will have to take in consideration some points like BARBADOS's currency, BARBADOS's weather, BARBADOS's national holiday and BARBADOS's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. BARBADOS`s currency is called dollar ( Bds$), which is divided in 100 cents. For your consideration, dollar's exchange rate is about 0 per dolar.1.9950000048.

BARBADOS's weather is characterized to be tropical; rainy season (June to October). So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to BARBADOS.

You can also consider to visit BARBADOS on it's national holiday to get in BARBADOS's culture. If you do so, BARBADOS's national holiday is called Independence Day, 30 November.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of BARBADOS: Mount Hillaby 336 m. And try also to get to BARBADOS's lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit BARBADOS's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to BARBADOS, with more than 1 airports and 0 airlines, you will get to BARBADOS without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. BARBADOS has about0 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Barbadian Culture

BARBADOS is known by Barbadians as BARBADOS in the shortened way. Barbadian, about 280,946 people, are composed by different ethnics: black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%. And they also have different languages: English.

Another relevant point nowadays it's BARBADOS's religion. Barbadians are divided in Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%.

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