Barbados Quick Facts
Population: 0.3 million
Languages: English.
Currency: Barbadian Dollar (1 Barbadian Dollar = 0.5 U.S. Dollars)
Capital: Bridgetown
Size: 431 sq km, 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC or slightly smaller than Andorra.
Location: Caribbean.
Best time to visit: Winter and spring.
Today Barbados is celebrating its independence from the U.K. on November 30th, 1966.
Barbados offers a tropical climate, perfect beaches, crystal blue waters, and coral reefs. Its culture still shows influence of its British past and the language is English. It has a well developed tourism industry and a wide range of hotels and resorts.
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Click here to read our article form a year ago: BARBADOS CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE