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{{Infobox islands
| name = Barbados
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| nickname = ''Bimshire or<br />Little England''
| location = [[
| pushpin_map = Barbados#Lesser Antilles#Caribbean
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| total_islands =
| major_islands =
| area_km2 =
| length_km = 34
| width_km = 24
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[[File:VenezuelaJS.png|thumb|The coast of Venezuela, South America and Barbados|240px|right]]
Barbados' total land area is {{convert|
==Physical characteristics==
The physical characteristics of Barbados are its lowlands or gently sloping, terraced plains, separated by rolling hills that generally parallel the coasts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean: a regional study|publisher=[[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]]|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/88600483/|
== Populated places ==
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In 2009<ref>{{cite news|title=An island north of the harbour |first=Peter |last=Thorne |url=http://www.cbc.bb/index.pl/article?id=3392924 |agency=[[Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation|Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)]] |date=25 February 2009 |access-date=10 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192629/http://www.cbc.bb/index.pl/article?id=3392924 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 2010, members of the upscale real estate industry in Barbados proposed the creation of [[artificial island]]s to be placed off the west coast. According to Paul Altman of Altman Realty the envisioned plan, would consist of two islands, one measuring {{convert|250|acre|km2}} in size, and would house new tourism based developments and upscale boutique shops; while the second island would be {{convert|50|acre|m2}} in size, and would serve as an open national park. Both proposed islands would be a short distance from the [[Deep Water Harbour]] in Bridgetown.<ref>{{cite news|title=Artificial islands a viable option? |first=Janelle |last=Riley-Thornhill |url=http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=columnists&NewsID=9376 |newspaper=[[Barbados Advocate]] |date=10 March 2010 |access-date=10 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226124807/http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=columnists&NewsID=9376 |archive-date=February 26, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=2 man-made islands to add value to tourism product |first=G. |last=E. |url=http://www.nationnews.com/story/LEAD-Paul-Altman-on-islands-copy-for-web |newspaper=[[The Daily Nation (Barbados)|Nation Newspaper]] |date=2 March 2010 |access-date=10 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308225331/http://www.nationnews.com/story/LEAD-Paul-Altman-on-islands-copy-for-web |archive-date=March 8, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The south-eastern part of the island has undergone small scale oil and gas capturing from possibly as early as 1919 when the [[British Union Oil Company]] acquired over 75% of the drilling rights in Barbados.<ref>[
==Time zone==
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[[File:Barbados2021OSM.png|thumb|300px|Barbados's cities, towns, villages and road network]]
: [[Barbados]] is
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=== Natural hazards ===
: Infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides;
===Environment - current issues===
: Pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal threatens contamination of aquifers
; Environment - international agreements:
:* Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, [[Desertification]], Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
:* Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
; Geography - note:
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== Climate ==
[[File:Water_Stress,_Top_Countries_(2020).svg|thumb|Barbados is the twentieth most water stressed country in the world.]]
Barbados lies within the tropics.<ref name=":0" /> Its generally pleasant maritime climate is influenced by northeast trade winds, which moderate the tropical temperature.<ref name=":0" /> Cool, northeasterly trade winds are prevalent during the December to June dry season.<ref name=":0" /> The overall annual temperature ranges from {{convert|24|to|28|°C|°F|1}}; slightly lower temperatures prevail at higher elevations.<ref name=":0" /> Humidity levels are between 71 percent and 76 percent year round. Rainfall occurs primarily between July and December and varies considerably with elevation.<ref name=":0" /> Rainfall may average {{convert|1875|mm|in|1|sp=us}} per year in the higher central area as compared with {{convert|1275|mm|in|1|sp=us}} in the coastal zone.<ref name=":0" />
{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = Bridgetown ([[Grantley Adams International Airport]]) 1991–2020, extremes 1944–present
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 32.0
|Feb record high C = 31.2
|Mar record high C = 31.9
|Apr record high C = 32.6
|May record high C = 33.1
|Jun record high C = 32.7
|Jul record high C = 32.4
|Aug record high C = 35.0
|Sep record high C = 33.3
|Oct record high C = 33.3
|Nov record high C = 33.3
|Dec record high C = 31.3
|year record high C = 35.0
|Jan high C = 29.1
|Feb high C = 29.2
|Mar high C = 29.7
|Apr high C = 30.2
|May high C = 30.6
|Jun high C = 30.7
|Jul high C = 30.7
|Aug high C = 30.9
|Sep high C = 31.0
|Oct high C = 30.8
|Nov high C = 30.3
|Dec high C = 29.6
|Jan mean C = 26.0
|Feb mean C = 25.9
|Mar mean C = 26.3
|Apr mean C = 27.0
|May mean C = 27.7
|Jun mean C = 27.8
|Jul mean C = 27.8
|Aug mean C = 27.9
|Sep mean C = 27.9
|Oct mean C = 27.7
|Nov mean C = 27.2
|Dec mean C = 26.6
|Jan low C = 23.3
|Feb low C = 23.0
|Mar low C = 23.4
|Apr low C = 24.2
|May low C = 25.0
|Jun low C = 25.2
|Jul low C = 25.1
|Aug low C = 24.8
|Sep low C = 24.8
|Oct low C = 24.7
|Nov low C = 24.5
|Dec low C = 23.9
|Jan record low C = 16.0
|Feb record low C = 16.0
|Mar record low C = 16.0
|Apr record low C = 19.0
|May record low C = 19.4
|Jun record low C = 20.0
|Jul record low C = 19.3
|Aug record low C = 19.1
|Sep record low C = 20.6
|Oct record low C = 20.6
|Nov record low C = 18.0
|Dec record low C = 17.4
|year record low C = 16.0
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 68.1
|Feb rain mm = 41.7
|Mar rain mm = 38.9
|Apr rain mm = 58.1
|May rain mm = 74.1
|Jun rain mm = 101.2
|Jul rain mm = 121.5
|Aug rain mm = 150.6
|Sep rain mm = 162.6
|Oct rain mm = 179.6
|Nov rain mm = 172.6
|Dec rain mm = 91.0
|year rain mm =
|Jan rain days = 11
|Feb rain days = 9
|Mar rain days = 8
|Apr rain days = 8
|May rain days = 8
|Jun rain days = 11
|Jul rain days = 15
|Aug rain days = 16
|Sep rain days = 13
|Oct rain days = 15
|Nov rain days = 14
|Dec rain days = 11
|year rain days =
|Jan humidity = 77
|Feb humidity = 76
|Mar humidity = 75
|Apr humidity = 76
|May humidity = 77
|Jun humidity = 79
|Jul humidity = 80
|Aug humidity = 81
|Sep humidity = 81
|Oct humidity = 82
|Nov humidity = 82
|Dec humidity = 78
|year humidity =
|Jan sun = 263.5
|Feb sun = 248.6
|Mar sun = 272.8
|Apr sun = 261.0
|May sun = 263.5
|Jun sun = 225.0
|Jul sun = 251.1
|Aug sun = 260.4
|Sep sun = 234.0
|Oct sun = 238.7
|Nov sun = 228.0
|Dec sun = 254.2
|year sun =
|Jand sun = 8.5
|Febd sun = 8.8
|Mard sun = 8.8
|Aprd sun = 8.7
|Mayd sun = 8.5
|Jund sun = 7.5
|Juld sun = 8.1
|Augd sun = 8.4
|Sepd sun = 7.8
|Octd sun = 7.7
|Novd sun = 7.6
|Decd sun = 8.2
|yeard sun =
|source 1 = Barbados Meteorological Services<ref name=BMS>{{cite web
| url = http://www.barbadosweather.org/barbados-weather-climate-data.php
| title = Barbados Weather Climate Data
| publisher = Barbados Meteorological Services
| access-date = 6 January 2022
| archive-date = 26 December 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121226031058/http://www.barbadosweather.org/barbados-weather-climate-data.php
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
|source 2 = Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)<ref name = meteoclimat>
{{cite web
| url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/index.php?page=stati&id=1505
| title = Station Grantley
| publisher = Meteo Climat
| language = fr
| access-date = 6 November 2016}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}
==Disputes==
[[Guyana]]'s and Barbados's offshore territorial claims overlap, and are also disputed with Venezuela,<ref>[https://notesfromthemargin.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/how-trinidad-recognised-venezuelas-claim-to-most-of-guyanas-land/ How Trinidad Recognised Venezuela’s Claim to Most Of Guyana’s Land] 18 June 2007, Notes From The Margin</ref> which itself claims ownership of the waters overlapping the first two.<ref>[https://notesfromthemargin.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/marginal-picks-up-his-pen-venezuelas-claim-of-barbados-waters/ Marginal Picks Up His Pen – Venezuelas Claim of Barbados’ Waters] 16 June 2008, Notes From The Margin</ref> In 2008 Barbados sought to place the oil blocks on open market for oil exploration tender but faced a challenge by Venezuela's government in [[Caracas]].<ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com/2008/07/28/en_eco_art_ngo-reports-barbados_28A1843999.shtml NGO reports Barbados is bidding oil blocks in Venezuelan waters] 28 July 2008, El Universal</ref>
In 2006 a local Barbadian group purporting to represent descendants of indigenous Caribbean peoples announced its claim to [[Culpepper Island]], a small rocky outcrop on the eastern shore of Barbados.<ref>
==Oceanography==
Due to the location of Barbados far east of Windward Islands chain it possesses an expansive [[Exclusive Economic Zone]] of about {{convert|185,000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref>(PDF) {{cite web |url=https://www.unfccc.int/sites/default/files/NDC/2022-06/2021%20Barbados%20NDC%20update%20-%2021%20July%202021.pdf |url-access= |title=Barbados 2021 Update of the First Nationally Determined Contribution |author=Staff writer |department= |website=www.unfccc.int |agency=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |page=5 |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=20 January 2023 |quote=The Barbados landmass has an area of 432 square kilometers, with 92 kilometers of coastline. The Barbados’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is some 430 times larger, at 185,000 square kilometers, and represents a significant potential resource.}}</ref> extending predominantly to the east.
== Notes ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091113144521/http://www.barbados.gov.bb/geography.htm Geography & Climate of Barbados] - Barbados Government
*[http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=154 Earthwise Issue 14, Landslides and tourist development - The slow slide of eastern Barbados into the sea], British Geological Survey
* [http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/webclient/StreamGate?folder_id=0&dvs=1544341546799~696 Plantation and Peasant Farm A Vertical Theme in the Historical Geography of Barbados 1627 - 1960] by Frank Cecil Innes, M.A., B.Sc., September, 1967, Doctor of Philosophy, Dept. of Geography, McGil1 Univ.
==See also==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.statoids.com/ubb.html Districts of Barbados], Statoids.com
* [http://earth-info.nga.mil/ GEOnet Names Server]
* [https://www.totallybarbados.com/articles/about-barbados/geography/ Barbados Geography] geographic profile of Barbados.
* [http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/latin-america-and-caribbean/caribbean-political-geography/barbados Encyclopedia.com] Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations.
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