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| ARTICLES RELATED TO List of Eastern Caribbean people | | | |  List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - List of Eastern Caribbean people - Antigua and Barbuda
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - History The earliest inhabitants of Barbados were Amerindian nomads. Three waves of migrants moved north toward North America. The first wave was of the Saladoid-Barrancoid group, who were farmers, fishermen, and ceramists that arrived by canoe from South America (Venezuela's Orinoco Valley) around 350 CE. The Arawak people were the second wave of migrants, arriving from South America around 800 CE. Arawak settlements on the island include Stroud Point, Chandler Bay, Saint Luke's Gully, and Mapp's Cave. According to accounts by descendants of the ab ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - History The earliest inhabitants of Barbados were Amerindian nomads. Three waves of migrants moved north toward North America. The first wave was of the Saladoid-Barrancoid group, who were farmers, fishermen, and ceramists that arrived by canoe from South America (Venezuela's Orinoco Valley) around 350 CE. The Arawak people were the second wave of migrants, arriving from South America around 800 CE. Arawak settlements on the island include Stroud Point, Chandler Bay, Saint Luke's Gully, and Mapp's Cave. According to accounts by descendants of the ab ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Economy Historically, the economy of Barbados had been dependent on sugarcane cultivation and related activities, but production in recent years has been diversified into the manufacturing and tourism sectors. Offshore finance and information services have become increasingly important foreign exchange earners, and there is also a healthy interest into the island's light manufacturing sector. In the last ten years the Government has been seen as business-friendly and economically sound. Since the late 1990s the island has seen an increasing construc ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Geography Barbados is a relatively flat island, rising gently to central highland region, the highest point being Mount Hillaby at 336 m (1,100 feet) above sea level. The island is located in a slightly eccentric position in the Atlantic Ocean compared to other Caribbean islands. The climate is tropical, with a rainy season from June to October.
Though one might assume the island deals with severe tropical storms and hurricanes during the rainy season it actually does not. The island gets brushed or hit eve ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Characteristics and tourist information The island of Barbados has a single major airport, the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) (IATA identifier BGI). The Grantley Adams Airport receives daily flights by several major airlines, from points around the globe, as well as several smaller regional commercial airlines and charters. The airport serves as the main air-transportation hub for the Eastern Caribbean. The airp ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - National Heroes There are 10 Barbados national heroes.
Sir Errol Barrow
Sir Grantley Adams ([2])
Bussa
Sarah Ann Gill
Samuel Jackson Prescod
Sir Frank Walcott
Charles Duncan O'Neal
Sir Garfield Sobers
Clement Payne
Sir Hugh Springer
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - National symbols The national flower is the Poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. , Pride of Barbados), which grows across the island of Barbados.
Barbados - Golden Shield.
The Golden Shield in the Coat of Arms carries two "Pride of Barbados" orchids and the "bearded" fig tree (Ficus citrifolia or Ficus barbata) which was common on the island at the time of its settlement by the British and contributed to Barbados being so named.
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Culture The influence of the English on Barbados is more noticeable than on other islands in the West Indies. A good example of this is the island's national sport: cricket. Barbados has brought forth several great cricket players, including Garfield Sobers and Frank Worrell.
Citizens are officially called Barbadian, however residents of Barbados colloquially refer to themselves or the products of the country as "Bajan". The term "Bajan", may have come from a localized pronunciation of the word Barbadian which at ti ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Demographics Barbados has a population of about 279,000 and a growth rate of 0.33% (Mid-2005 estimates). Close to 90 percent of all Barbadians (also known colloquially as Bajan) are of African descent ("Afro-Bajans"), mostly descendants of the slave labourers on the sugar plantations. The remainder of the population includes groups of Europeans ("Anglo-Bajans" / "Euro-Bajans"), Asians, Bajan Hindus and Muslims, and an influential Middle Eastern ("Arab-Bajans") group mainly of Syrian and Lebanese descent.
Other groups in Barbados include peo ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Transportation Transportation on the island is good, with 'route taxis', called "ZR's" (pronounced "Zed-Rs"), travelling to most points on the island. These small buses can at times be crowded, but will usually take the more scenic routes to destinations. These buses generally depart from the capital Bridgetown or from Speightstown in the northern part of the island.
Buses are abundant in Barbados. There are three bus systems running seven days a week (though less frequently on Sundays), and a ride on any of them costs $1.50 BDS. The smaller buses f ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Politics Queen Elizabeth II is nominally recognized as Queen of Barbados, head of state as represented by a Governor General. In Barbados the Queen is styled "By the Grace of God, Queen of Barbados and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth." The present government is proposing that Barbados become a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with a ceremonial president replacing the Queen. ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Characteristics and tourist information The island of Barbados has a single major airport, the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) (IATA identifier BGI). The Grantley Adams Airport receives daily flights by several major airlines, from points around the globe, as well as several smaller regional commercial airlines and charters. The airport serves as the main air-transportation hub for the Eastern Caribbean. The airp ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Economy Historically, the economy of Barbados had been dependent on sugarcane cultivation and related activities, but production in recent years has been diversified into the manufacturing and tourism sectors. Offshore finance and information services have become increasingly important foreign exchange earners, and there is also a healthy interest into the island's light manufacturing sector. In the last ten years the Government has been seen as business-friendly and economically sound. Since the late 1990's the island has seen an increasing constru ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Politics Queen Elizabeth II is recognized as Queen of Barbados, and thus head of state, and is represented by a Governor General. In Barbados the Queen is styled "By the Grace of God, Queen of Barbados and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth." The present government is proposing that Barbados become a republic within the Commonwealth, with a ceremonial president replacing the Queen.
Barbados became an independent state in the British Commonwealth on November 30, 1966, and is a parliamentary democracy modeled after the ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Transportation Transportation on the island is good, with 'route taxis', called "ZR's" (pronounced "Zed-Rs"), traveling to most points on the island. These small buses can at times be crowded, but will usually take the more scenic routes to destinations. These buses generally depart from the capital Bridgetown or from Speightstown in the northern part of the island.
Buses are abundant in Barbados. There are three bus systems running seven days a week (though less frequently on Sundays), and a ride on any of them costs $1.50 BDS. The smaller buses fr ...
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| | | | List of Eastern Caribbean people: Encyclopedia II - Barbados - Geography Barbados is a relatively flat island, rising gently to central highland region, the highest point being Mount Hillaby at 336 m (1,100 feet) above sea level. The island is located in a slightly eccentric position in the Atlantic Ocean compared to other Caribbean islands. The climate is tropical, with a rainy season from June to October.
Though one might assume the island deals with severe tropical storms and hurricanes during the rainy season it actually does not. The island gets brushed or hit every 3.09 years and the average number of years between direct hu ...
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