About Barbados
Barbados is a country in the Caribbean, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Barbados. In Arabic, the name is written باربادوس, and the capital بريدجتاون. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
The capital of Barbados is Bridgetown. Bridgetown lies at about 13° north and 60° west. The official language of Barbados is English. Its currency is the Barbadian Dollar, with the symbol $ and the international code BBD.
Barbados covers about 430 square kilometres, which puts it 183rd by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It has no land border with any other country; the sea surrounds its territory on every side. Other countries in the Caribbean include Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Barbados with the other countries of the same region.