What is the area of Barbados?
Q: What is the area of Barbados?
A: The island has an area of about 430 km².
Q: What is the capital and largest city in Barbados?
A: The capital and largest city in Barbados is Bridgetown.
Q: What language do people speak in Barbados?
A: The official language of Barbados is English.
Q: How many people live on the island?
A: In 2008, the island had a population of about 284,000 people. About 80,000 live in or around Bridgetown.
Q: Where is Barbados located geographically?
A: The island is in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea. It is about 168 kilometres (104 mi) east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-east of Trinidad and Tobago.
Q: Is it affected by hurricanes?
A: Barbados is outside of the main Atlantic hurricane belt.
Q: What airport serves as a gateway to Barbados?
A:The island's only airport is Grantley Adams International Airport.
