Barbados is away from the Atlantic hurricane area;
Area of Barbados: 430 km²;
Territorial organization (parishes) of Barbados: Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip and Saint Thomas;
Population of Barbados: 280,000 inhabitants;
Barbadian Population density: 640 inhabitants / km²;
93% of the population has an African origin.
Official language of Barbados: English
Bajan dialect;
Spanish is increasingly used.
Abolition of Slavery in Barbados: 1834;
Climate of Barbados: tropical;
XV century: discovery and colonization by the Spanish;
XVII century: British colonization;
Type of government: Constitutional monarchy (Queen Elizabeth II, Commonwealth);
Barbados belongs to the Caribbean Economic area of the Western Civilization.
Barbadian Economy.
Barbados is considered the richest and most developed country in the Eastern Caribbean;
World Bank Ranking: high-income economy;
Barbadian GDP: 4,385 million dollars;
GDP per capita of Barbados: 15,676 Dollars;
Barbados has one of the highest per capita incomes in America.
The main economic activities of Barbados are: tourism and sugar
production (main export of Barbados);
The main crops are: yams, sweet potatoes, corn, cassava, and beans;
Off-shore finance and computing are important foreign exchange
generators;
Small Light Manufacturing Industry;
18,000 people work in the retail and distribution sector;
Construction boom;
Barbados is considered a tax haven (bank secrecy);
Barbados has the third largest stock exchange in the Caribbean;
Currency Barbadian: Barbadian Dollar (BBD);
Country code top-level domain of Barbados: .bb.
Barbadian Foreign Trade
Main Exports of Barbados: sugar, manufactured products and chemicals, molasses, rum, electrical components;
Main export markets of Barbados: Trinidad and Tobago, France, the U.S., Spain, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis;
Main imports of Barbados: oil, machinery, consumer goods, food,
building materials, chemicals, electrical components;
Largest providers of Barbados: Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, the U.S., China and the UK.
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