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General Information
AREA: 430 sq km (166sq mi).
POPULATION: 262,000.
CAPITAL: Bridgetown, pop. 6,100.
RELIGION: Protestant.
LANGUAGE: English.
LITERACY: 99%.
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 76 years.
ECONOMY: Industry: tourism, food
processing, component assembly,
clothing. Export crops: sugar, seafood.
Food crops: vegetables, fish.
Settled by the British in 1627, Barbados is the only former Caribbean colony that
never changed hands. It won independence in 1966 but retains a strong British
flavor. With more than 600 people per square kilometer, Barbados is one of the
world's most densely populated nations. Despite high unemployment, it has a stable
democracy and a relatively prosperous economy. Tourism now supersedes sugar
production.
Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World Revised Sixth Edition, 1995
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