Population : 276 607 habitants (est. 2002)
Densité : 643.27 hab./km²
Superficie : 430 km²
Capitale : Bridgetown
Principales villes : Oistins, Holetown, Speightstown, Crab Hill, Hastings, Bathsheba
Point culminant : Mount Hillaby 336 m
Langue(s) parlée(s) : Bajan, Anglais
Langue(s) officielle(s) : Anglais
Monnaie : Dollar de la Barbade
Fête nationale : 30 novembre

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Densité : 643.27 hab./km²
Superficie : 430 km²
Capitale : Bridgetown
Principales villes : Oistins, Holetown, Speightstown, Crab Hill, Hastings, Bathsheba
Point culminant : Mount Hillaby 336 m
Langue(s) parlée(s) : Bajan, Anglais
Langue(s) officielle(s) : Anglais
Monnaie : Dollar de la Barbade
Fête nationale : 30 novembre

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Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and up to in width, covering an area of . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside of the principal Atlantic hurricane belt.
Barbados was initially visited by the Spanish around the late 1400s to early 1500s and first appears on a Spanish map from 1511. The Spanish explorers may have plundered the island of whatever native peoples resided therein to become slaves.
Barbados has an estimated population of 284,000 people, with around 80,000 living in or around Bridgetown, the largest city and the country's capital. In 1966, Barbados became an independent state and Commonwealth realm, retaining Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State. Barbados is one of the Caribbean's leading tourist destinations and is one of the most developed islands in the region, with an HDI number of 0.788. In 2011 Barbados ranked 2nd in The Americas (16th globally) on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index





