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BARBADOS              

28th October, 2021 Geography

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Context

  • Barbados has elected its first President, a key step in preparations to become a republic and remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as head of state of the Caribbean island.

 

About

  • Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands.
  • Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
  • It is at roughly 13°N of the equator.
  • Barbados lies on the boundary of the South American and the Caribbean Plates.

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