2006-09-10 12:13:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
Barbados
Introduction
Background:The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.
Geography
Location:Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Geographic coordinates:13 10 N, 59 32 W
Map references:Central America and the Caribbean
Area:total: 431 sq km
land: 431 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative:2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:0 km
Coastline:97 km
Maritime claims:territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:tropical; rainy season (June to October)
Terrain:relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
Elevation extremes:lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m
Natural resources:petroleum, fish, natural gas
2006-09-11 12:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tropical paradise.
Try weather.com
2006-09-10 12:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by Bluealt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HOTTER THAN SCOTLAND ANYWAY !!!
2006-09-10 13:21:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hot hot hot....
2006-09-10 20:23:54 · answer #4 · answered by Pink 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋