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🗺️ Bridgetown, Barbados
Capital city
📍 13.0969°, -59.6145°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalBridgetown
TimezoneUTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population304.1K
LanguagesEnglish (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings)
Governmentparliamentary republic; a Commonwealth realm
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideLeft
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.bb
Internet Users80%
GDP per Capita$19,900
🌍 Geography
LocationCaribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Size Comparison2.5 times the size of Washington, D.C.
Climatetropical; rainy season (June to October)
Terrainrelatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsAfrican descent 92.4%, mixed 3.1%, White 2.7%, East Indian 1.3%, other 0.2%, unspecified 0.3% (2010 est.)
ReligionsProtestant 66.4% (includes Anglican 23.9%, other Pentecostal 19.5%, Adventist 5.9%, Methodist 4.2%, Wesleyan 3.4%, Nazarene 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%,...
Median Age42.2 years
Life Expectancy79 years
National HolidayIndependence Day, 30 November (1966)
Destinations in Barbados
Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook