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ID: 7004770
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Record Type: administrative |
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Barbados (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 059 32 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -59.5333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises island of the same name; originally inhabited by Arawaks; probably sighted by Portuguese; Spanish arrived in 1518, and by 1536 no Amerindians remained; English settlers arrived 17th century, and brought Africans here as slaves for sugar plantations; official language is English. |
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| Barbados (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Barbados (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Barbade (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| BRB (C,O,ISO3L)
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| BB (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO052 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| BB00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Los Barbados (H,O)
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............ | named by Portuguese in 15th cen., for the bearded fig trees that grow here |
| Barbadian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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attained self-government in 1961; gained independence from Britain on November 30, 1966 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| island nation (C) |
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| colony (H) |
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British, until 1961 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1966 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1966 |
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