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    Introduction


    The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.


    Location


    Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela


    Geographic coordinates


    13 10 N, 59 32 W


    Area


    total: 431 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 431 sq km


    Area - comparative


    2.5 times the size of Washington, DC


    Land boundaries


    0 km


    Coastline


    97 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM


    Climate


    tropical; rainy season (June to October)


    Terrain


    relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m


    Natural resources


    petroleum, fish, natural gas


    Land use


    arable land: 37.21% permanent crops: 2.33% other: 60.46% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    10 sq km (1998 est.)


    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 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    easternmost Caribbean island


    Population


    278,289 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Bridgetown


    Phone Code


    +1 (246)


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