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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 (PDF
1632K); see also related
materials |
|
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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