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Barbados

Location In the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, between Caribbean Sea, N Atlantic Ocean
Latitude and longitude  13 10 N, 59 32 W
Sovereignty Independent
United Nations member? Yes
Population  271,000
Census notes est. June 30, 2004
Land area in square kilometers 431
Capital  Bridgetown

Fundamental legal document(s) online

Constitution of Barbados, from the Government of Barbados
Constitution of Barbados, from the Political Database of the Americas, Georgetown University

Other legal documents online

Barbados/Trinidad and Tobago (maritime boundary), award of Arbitral Tribunal (2006)

Barbados Supreme Court judgments

Sources and other useful websites

The Abbreviated History of Barbados, from the Barbados Tourism Authority
Association of Caribbean States, Total Population 
Barbados, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003)
Barbados, from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Barbados, globalEDGE Country Insight from Michigan State University
Barbados Government Information Service
Barbados Investment & Development Corporation
Barbados - Vital Statistics, from the Central Bank of Barbados
Country profile: Barbados, from the BBC News
Country Profile--Barbados, from the Food and Agriculture Organization
Independent States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
LLRX.Com, Guide to Caribbean Law Research, by Yemisi Dina
Map of Barbados
Parliament of Barbados
United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country Profile: Barbados
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook

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