Viewow’s Traveler Notes in Barbados
International Dialling Code   +1-246
Internet Country Code   .bb
Time zone   GMT -4
Monetary Unit   Barbados dollar

Weights and Measures   The metric system is in use
Electric Power   115V / 50 Hz
Electric Plugs   A & B

A : Flat blade attachment plug

B : Flat blades with round grounding pin

View of Geography in Barbados
Coordinates   13 10 N, 59 32 W
Land Area   431 sq km 
Water Area   0 sq km
Land Boundaries   0 km  
Border Countries   0
Costline Lenghts   97 km
Highets Point   Mount Hillaby 336 m
Lowest Point   Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Terrain   relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
Climate   tropical; rainy season (June to October)

View of People in Barbados
National Name   Barbados
Nationality   Barbadian or Bajan

Anthem   National Anthem of Barbados, beginning "In plenty and in time of need, when this fair land was young…."

Flag   The national flag has three equal vertical bands of ultramarine blue, gold, and ultramarine blue and displays a broken trident in black on the center stripe

Ethnicity   black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%
Languages   English
Religious   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.)
Independance Day   30 November (1966)

View of Demographics in Barbados
Population Density   654.3% per sq km (July 2008 est.)
Population Growth   0.36% (2008 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate   11.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Total Fertility Rates   1.65 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Life Expectancy   73.21 years
Birth Rate   12.48 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death Rate   8.58 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex Ratio   0.885 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Literacy Rate   99.7% (2002 est.)
Literacy Rate (female)   99.7% (2002 est.)
Suffrage   18 years of age

View of Economy in Barbados

Gdp (ppp)   $5.317 billion (2007 est.)
Budget   revenues: $847 million (including grants)  ,  expenditures: $886 million (2000 est.)
Exports   $385 million (2006)
Imports   $1.586 billion (2006)
Invenstment   - % (of GDP - 2007 est.)
Unemployment Rate   10.7% (2003 est.)
Labor Force   128,500 (2001 est.)
Inflation Rate   5.5% (2007 est.)
Growth Rate   4.2% (2007 est.)
Arable Land   37.21% (2005)
Industries   light manufacturing, component assembly for export, tourism, sugar
Agriculture   sugarcane, vegetables, cotton
Natural Resources   petroleum, fish, natural gas

View of Some Facts in Barbados
Main Lines Phones   134,900 (2005) 
Mobile Phones   237,100 (2006)
Internet Hosts   104 (2007)
Internet users   160,000 (2005)
Airports  1 (2007)
Gsm   GSM 900 / GSM 1800
Gsm Operator   bmobile, Digicel
Railways   0 km
Highways   1,600 km (2006)
Waterways   0 km
Merchant Marine   87 ships (1000 GRT or over) (2008)
Ports and Terminals   Bridgetown

Official Holidays of Barbados

New Year's Day   January 1

Errol Barrow Day   January 23

May Day   May 1

Kadooment Day   Firs Monday in August

Caricom Day   August 1

UN Day   First Mondan in October

Independence Day   November 30

Christmas Day   December 25

Boxing Day   December 26

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