Interesting
facts
The highest
point in Barbados is 1,100 feet. This doesn’t even compare
to the tallest building in the world which is 2,700 feet high!
Barbados
is the 3rd oldest Parliamentary democracy in the world.
Barbados
exports about $57 million of rum per year across the world.
Barbados
got its first name in Portuguese (Los Barbados) reportedly named
after the Bearded Fig Tree.
Bridgetown
was originally called Indian Bridge and changed to its current
name after 1654.
The
Lord Nelson Statue, erected on Bridgetown's Trafalgar Square
on 22 Mar 1813, is older than the statue and square of the same
name and fame in London.
