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Barbados is the 'Little England' of the Caribbean, but not so much so that the locals have given up rotis for kidney pies, or rum for bitter ale. Bajans, as the islanders call themselves, are as West Indian as any of their Caribbean neighbours, and have tended to selectively borrow rather than assume English customs.
Barbados sits almost a hundred miles east of its closest neighbour, so when the Spaniards, Danes, French and others were busy fighting over the rest of the Caribbean, Barbados sat back with its Pimm's on ice, remaining solidly British.
Fast Facts
Country Full Name
Barbados
Population
264,000
Currency
Name: Barbados Dollar
Code: BBD
Symbol: B$
Electrical Plugs
115V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: English
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -4
Country Dialing Code
+246
Weights & Measures
Metric
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