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List All Cities Barbados Listing cities Barbados database :
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Description Barbados by rbd.me
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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.
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Location
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Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
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Area - comparative
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2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
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Natural resources Barbados
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relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
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Population Barbados
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easternmost Caribbean island
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Religions Barbados
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black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%
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Languages
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Protestant 63.4% (Anglican 28.3%, Pentecostal 18.7%, Methodist 5.1%, other 11.3%), Roman Catholic 4.2%, other Christian 7%, other 4.8%, none or unspecified 20.6% (2008 est.)
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Education Barbados expenditures
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English
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Government Barbados type
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6.9% of GDP (2005)
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Independence
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11 parishes and 1 city*; Bridgetown*, Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas
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Barbados Economy - overview
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three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold, and blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band; the band colors represent the blue of the sea and sky and the gold of the beaches; the trident head represents independence and a break with the past (the colonial coat of arms contained a complete trident)
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Investment Barbados
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NA (2009)
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Industries Barbados
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tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export
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Airports Barbados
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1 (2009)
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