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CAPITAL	Bridgetown

AREA	430 sq km

POPULATION	264,000

LANGUAGE	English

CURRENCY	Barbados dollar

TIME	GMT -5 hours

TELEPHONE CODES	00 246

ELECTRICITY	110V, 50Hz



Barbados

Visas: Visas are required for citizens from China, Taiwan, Pakistan, non-Commonwealth African countries and all South American countries except Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela. All visitors are officially required to be in possession of an onward or return ticket.

Public holidays: New Year's Day; Good Friday; Easter Monday; Whit-Monday; Labour Day; Kadooment Day (first Monday in August); United Nations Day (first Monday in October); Independence Day (30 Nov); Christmas; Boxing Day.

Good buys: Arts, crafts and duty free products.

Local dishes: Flying fish (which does not really fly), chicken, steak, cou-cou (a mixture of cornmeal and okra), and pepperpot (a spicy stew).