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• Full Name:  Barbados
• Geographical Area: Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
• Terrain and Climate:  relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region, tropical; rainy season (June to October)
• Population: 281,968 (July 2008 est.)
• Ethnicity:  black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%
• Capital: Bridgetown
• Government:  British Crown Colony English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations, bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate
• Major Languages: English
• Major Religion:  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.
• Life Expectancy: 73.21 years
• Monetary Unit:  Barbados Dollar (official), US Dollar and Pound Sterling
  
• Exchange Controls and Taxation:  Yes, many i nstances
• Stamp Tax: Yes
• Main Exports: manufactures, sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components
• Compulsory Education:  13 years
• GDP: $20,200 (2008 est.)
• Annual Growth Rate: 2.8% (2008 est.)
• Major Industry:  tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export
• Communication:  general assessment: fixed-line teledensity of roughly 50 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of about 85 per 100 persons
  domestic: island-wide automatic telephone system
• Internet: .bb
• International dialing code:  246
• Known as “tax-haven” for qualified individuals
• Number of Banks:  Six Commerical Banks
• Head of State:  chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sir Clifford Straughn HUSBANDS (since 1 June 1996)
  head of government: Prime Minister David THOMPSON (since 16 January 2008)
• Radio:  AM 2, FM 6,
• Television:  1 (plus 2 cable channels) (2004)
• Time Zone: GMT – 4, Atlantic Time Zone
• Airport:  1

 

Barbados

• Full Name:  Barbados
• Geographical Area: Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
• Terrain and Climate:  relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region, tropical; rainy season (June to October)
• Population: 281,968 (July 2008 est.)
• Ethnicity:  black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%
• Capital: Bridgetown
• Government:  British Crown Colony English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations, bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate
• Major Languages: English
• Major Religion:  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.
• Life Expectancy: 73.21 years
• Monetary Unit:  Barbados Dollar (official), US Dollar and Pound Sterling
  
• Exchange Controls and Taxation:  Yes, many i nstances
• Stamp Tax: Yes
• Main Exports: manufactures, sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components
• Compulsory Education:  13 years
• GDP: $20,200 (2008 est.)
• Annual Growth Rate: 2.8% (2008 est.)
• Major Industry:  tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export
• Communication:  general assessment: fixed-line teledensity of roughly 50 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of about 85 per 100 persons
  domestic: island-wide automatic telephone system
• Internet: .bb
• International dialing code:  246
• Known as “tax-haven” for qualified individuals
• Number of Banks:  Six Commerical Banks
• Head of State:  chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sir Clifford Straughn HUSBANDS (since 1 June 1996)
  head of government: Prime Minister David THOMPSON (since 16 January 2008)
• Radio:  AM 2, FM 6,
• Television:  1 (plus 2 cable channels) (2004)
• Time Zone: GMT – 4, Atlantic Time Zone
• Airport:  1