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  1. Area 430 sq km/166 sq mi capital Bridgetown
  2. physical most easterly island of the West
  3. Indies; surrounded by coral reefs features
  4. subject to hurricanes Jun-Nov head of
  5. state Elizabeth II from 1966 represented
  6. by governor-general from 1984 head of
  7. government Erskine Lloyd Sandiford from 1987
  8. political system constitutional monarchy
  9. political parties Barbados Labour Party
  10. (BLP), moderate left-of-centre; Democratic
  11. Labour Party (DLP), moderate left-of-centre;
  12. National Democratic Party (NDP), centre
  13. exports sugar, rum, electronic parts,
  14. clothing currency Barbados dollar (3.42 = 1
  15. Feb 1990) population (1988 est) 256,000;
  16. annual growth rate 0.5% life expectancy men
  17. 70, women 75 language English religion 70%
  18. Anglican, 9% Methodist, 4% Roman Catholic
  19. literacy 99% (1984) GDP $1 bn (1984); $3,040
  20. per head of population chronology 1951
  21. Universal adult suffrage introduced.
  22.