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Barbados

Type

Island nation

Capital

Bridgetown

Location

Caribbean

President

N/A (Barbados is a parliamentary republic)

Population

287,025 (2020 estimate)

Colonized by

France

Main exports

Sugar, rum, molasses

Prime Minister

Mia Mottley

Original purpose

Sugar cane plantations

Official language

French

Colonization period

1600s

Independence achieved

Late 1700s

Means of independence

Successful slave revolt

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