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Name: Barbados
Location : Caribbean, Windward Islands
Time : IST (-) 9 1/2 hrs
Capital : Bridgetown
Language : English and Bajan
Area : 430 sq km (166 sq miles).
Population : 286,705 (July 2011 est.)
National Day : 30 November (Independence Day)
Currency : Barbados Dollar (BBD) 1 = INR 28.23.
Climate : The balmy, tropical climate is cooled by constant sea breezes, but it is sunnier and drier than the other islands. The dry season is from December to June; during the so-called wet season (July to November) some brief rain showers are likely. Average sunshine hours per day: eight to ten from November to March and eight to nine from April to October.
Holidays : YEAR 2013: 1 Jan New Year's Day. 21 Jan Errol Barrow Day. 29 Mar Good Friday. 1 Apr Easter Monday. 28 Apr National Heroes' Day. 1 May Labour Day. 20 May Whit Monday. 1 Aug Emancipation Day. 5 Aug Kadooment Day. 30 Nov Independence Day. 25 Dec Christmas Day.
Airline Name : BWIA
International Airports : Grantley Adams ( BGI) (Barbados)