Barbados

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About Barbados

Official Name	Barbados
Location	Located in North America
Geographic coordinates	13.1667° N, 59.5500° W
Total area	439 square kilometers
Surrounding Nations	Martinique, and Saint Lucia to the northwest, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the west, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela to the southwest, and Guyana to the southeast
About Independence	Barbados Gain Independence on 30 November,1966
UN Membership status	Become the UN member state on 9 December,1966
Total Population	As of 2015, the total population of Barbados is around 287,000
Population Growth Rate	Population Growth Rate of Barbados is 0.5%
Average life expectancy	Average life expectancy of the people in Barbados is 75 Years
Governing system	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Name of current President	The Hon. Senator KerryAnn Ifill is the current President of Barbados
Name of current Prime minister	Freundel Stuart the current Prime minister of Barbados
Official Language	Official language is English
Religious status	Christian is the official religion of Barbados.74.6% people of Barbados are Christian
Per capita income	Per capita income of Barbados’s people is 15,723 US Dollar
Literacy rate	Literacy rate among the Barbados people are 99.7%
Capital City	Bridgetown
Other Major cities	Speightstown, Oistins, Bathsheba, Holetown,  The Crane, Crab Hill, Greenland, Blackmans and Hillaby
Currency Name	The official currency of Barbadian dollar
Central Bank	The Central Bank of Barbados (CBB)
International Airports	Grantley Adams International Airport
Sports	Horseracing, polo, water sports, road tennis, golf, track and field, and, most especially, cricket