Barbados  is an island nation of the Lesser Antilles, 34 kilometres (21 mi) in length and as a lot as 23 kilometres (14 mi) in width, amounting to 431 sq. kilometres (166 sq mi). It's situated in the western space of the North Atlantic Ocean and 100 kilometres (sixty two mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it's about 168 kilometres (104 mi) east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is exterior of the principal Atlantic hurricane belt.

As soon as a Portuguese territorial possession known as Los Barbados, in 1625 it grew to become an English, and later a British, colony The island has an estimated population of 275,338 individuals, with round 80,000 residing in or around Bridgetown, the largest city and the nation's capital In 1966, Barbados turned an unbiased nation and Commonwealth realm, retaining Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State. Barbados is without doubt one of the Caribbean's leading tourist destinations and is essentially the most developed island in the area, with an HDI variety of 0.788.

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