Barbados

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300292814
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Barbados

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Barbados (Central America and Caribbean)

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Introduction ::Barbados

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.

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Geography ::Barbados

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: 430 sq km

Country comparison to the world: 200

Land: 430 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

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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

Land use:

Arable land: 37.21%

Permanent crops: 2.33%

Other: 60.46% (2005)

Irrigated land: 50 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources: 0.1 cu km (2003)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

Total: 0.09 cu km/yr (33%/44%/22%)

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Per capita: 333 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards: infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides

Environment - current issues: pollution of coastal waters from

waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal

threatens contamination of aquifers

Environment - international agreements:

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes,

Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship

Pollution, Wetlands

Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note: easternmost Caribbean island

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People ::Barbados

Population: 285,653 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 180

Age structure:

0-14 years: 19.2% (male 27,383/female 27,352)

15-64 years: 71.3% (male 99,829/female 103,049)

65 years and over: 9.5% (male 10,464/female 16,512) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total: 36.2 years

Male: 35.1 years

Female: 37.2 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.374% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 167

Birth rate:12.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

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Country comparison to the world: 159

Death rate: 8.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 89

Net migration rate: -0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 133

Urbanization:

Urban population: 40% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth: 1.012 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

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Infant mortality rate:

Total: 12.09 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world: 138

Male: 13.42 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 10.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

Total population: 74.14 years

Country comparison to the world: 101

Male: 71.88 years

Female: 76.42 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.68 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 171

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.2% (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 49

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