Fun facts about Barbados

• Capital: Bridgetown

• Population: Approximately 285,000

• Climate: Eight to nine hours of sunshine most days.

• Geography: A 21 mile x 14 mile Caribbean island.

• West and South Coast have calm Caribbean sea and endless beaches. Rugged cliffs and Atlantic Ocean on the East Coast.

• Barbados Language: English with a broad dialect.

• The people of Barbados have a history of long ingrained Christian principles, a sound and free educational system with a literacy rate of 97%.

• Barbados has the third oldest parliament in the world, with uninterrupted parliamentary governance since 1639.

• Barbados was the only vacation destination in this Hemisphere with a scheduled Concorde service. One of the retired British Airways concordes now resides at our international airport.

• The name ‘Barbados’ is derived from the Bearded Fig Trees once found in abundance on the island.

• Barbados is completely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean

• We are the only coral island in the region with all white sand beaches.

Information taken from www.barbados.org