FACTS ABOUT BARBADOS !

Historical Facts• British people

made it into a colony in the year of 1627

• Than began beginning its own colony on November 20th . 1966

Historical Facts • In 1833 the

number of slaves were approximately 83,000

• Black population became 90% after they took them there to work in the sugar plantation fields.

More Historical Facts

• The 1780 hurricane that hit Barbados it killed 4,000 people.

• In 1854 cholera killed 20,000 People.

Geography

• Barbados is 36,167°N , and 59,5500°W and the island is located near The Atlantic Ocean.

• Its also circled by fine oceans

• Its 21 miles longitude and 14 miles latitude.

Barbados!!!!!

• A boarding country is Trinidad & Tobago.

• The colors are yellow, blue, and black .

• Trinidadian Flags Are Red, White, And Black .

Cities And Population

• The Capital Of Barbados Is Called Bridgetown.

• 2 large cities are Oistins and Speightown.

• The Population is 284,644.

Function

• The Type Of Government they have is Parliamentary. The Governments name is David Thompson.

• The currency is Barbadian Dollar, 0.50cents in American = 1B in Barbados

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The Religion in Barbados is All Christian , As in They Know God.

FOOOOOOOOD!!!!!

• The foods that they eat is mostly beans and squash, tomato .

FOOOOOOOD!!!!

• The mostly vegetables they use in there foods are squash , beans, tomatos , sugar cane , cassava.

Cultural Things !

• Something's they do is have carnival . Carnival where people dress up in colorful suits and people dance and there's loud music.

Cultural Things !

• This is a famous person with a carnival suit on. There clothes are usually really big as in the head piece has a bunch of feathers on it.

1 Major Attraction Place

• One is The Flower Forest.

2nd Major Attraction

• 2nd The St. Nicholas Abbey.

3rd Major Attraction

• 3rd Attraction is The Bottom Bay.

4th Major Attraction

• 4th Attraction Is The Animal Flower Forest.

5th Major Attraction

• 5th Attraction Is The Harrison Cave.

WEBSITES !

• www.factmonster.com• www.barbados.org • www.wikipedia.com