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This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Barbados. Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles , in the Americas . It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km 2 (167 sq mi).
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates.
A cousin of Basil, Roland Butcher had come to the United Kingdom at the age of thirteen from his native Barbados. [1] He was an aggressive middle-order batsman, who represented Middlesex between 1974 and 1990. He "secured his place in history when he became the first black player to represent England, making his Test debut at Bridgetown in 1980 ...
Barbados Amateur Swimming Association (BASA) Barbados Auto Racing League (BARL) Barbados Bar Association (BBA) Barbados Cancer Society (BCS) Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Barbados Chess Federation (BCF) Barbados Employers' Confederation (BEC) Barbados Football Association (BFA) Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA)
In 1959 the country of Barbados was changed from the Vestry system, into a more modern system of local government patterned after that of the United Kingdom. [1] Two main sub-regions known as Districts were formed in Barbados, and the majority of the vestry parish councils, which acted as local government were consolidated and transferred into these larger areas and also the Bridgetown City ...
The name "Barbados" is from either the Portuguese term os barbados or the Spanish equivalent, los barbados, both meaning "the bearded ones". [12] [13] It is unclear whether "bearded" refers to the long, hanging roots of the bearded fig-tree (Ficus citrifolia), a species of banyan indigenous to the island, or to the allegedly bearded Kalinago (Island Caribs) who once inhabited the island, or ...
Bridgetown ( UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) [ 2] is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands ...
This is a list of regions of Barbados by Human Development Index as of 2021. [1] Rank. Region (Parish) HDI (2021) Very high human development. 1. Saint James, Saint George and Saint Thomas. 0.802.