Barbados | |
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Motto: "Pride and Industry" | |
Anthem: "In Plenty and In Time of Need" | |
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| Capital and largest city | Bridgetown 13°06′N 59°37′W / 13.100°N 59.617°W |
| Official languages | English |
| Recognised regional languages | Bajan Creole |
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| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Sandra Mason | |
| Mia Mottley | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
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| Independence | |
• From the United Kingdom | 30 November 1966 |
| Area | |
• Total | 439 km2 (169 sq mi) (183rd) |
• Water (%) | Negligible |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 287,025[2] (182nd) |
• 2010 census | 277,821[3] |
• Density | 660/km2 (1,709.4/sq mi) (15th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $5.398 billion |
• Per capita | $18,798[4] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $5.207 billion |
• Per capita | $18,133[4] |
| HDI (2019) |  0.814[5]very high · 58th |
| Currency | Barbadian dollar ($) (BBD) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| Driving side | left[6] |
| Calling code | +1 -246 |
| ISO 3166 code | BB |
| Internet TLD | .bb |
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Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America. It is 34 kilometres in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km2 (167 sq mi). It is in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 km (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, Barbados is the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. Barbados is east of the Windwards, part of the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 13°N of the equator. It is about 168 km (104 mi) east of both the countries of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and 180 km (110 mi) south-east of Martinique and 400 km (250 mi) north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside the principal Atlantic hurricane belt. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.