Barbados - Research Article from Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 21 pages of information about Barbados.

Barbados - Research Article from Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 21 pages of information about Barbados.
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CAPITAL: Bridgetown

FLAG: The national flag has three equal vertical bands of ultramarine blue, gold, and ultramarine blue and displays a broken trident in black on the center stripe.

ANTHEM: National Anthem of Barbados, beginning "In plenty and in time of need, when this fair land was young…."

MONETARY UNIT: Officially introduced on 3 December 1973, the Barbados dollar (BDS$) of 100 cents is a paper currency officially pegged to the US dollar. There are coins of 1, 5, 10, and 25 cents and 1 dollar, and notes of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 dollars. BDS$1 = US$0.50 (or US$1 = BDS$2.0; as of January 2003)

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is used.

HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January; Errol Barrow Day, 23 January; May Day, 1 May; Kadooment Day, first Monday in August; CARICOM Day, 1 August; UN Day, first Monday in October; Independence Day, 30 November; Christmas Day, 25 December; Boxing Day, 26 December. Movable religious holidays are Good Friday, Easter Monday, and Whitmonday.

TIME: 8 AM = noon...

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