On Barbados

OVERVIEW

Official Name: Barbados
Capital: Bridgetown
Type of Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Head of State: Queen ELIZABETH II; Represented by Governor General Sir Clifford Straughn HUSBANDS
Head of Government: Prime Minister David THOMPSON
Foreign Minister: Christopher Peter SINCKLER
Population: 281,968 (July 2008 estimate)
Land Area: 431 sq. km
Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
Purchasing power parity (PPP): $5.317 billion (2007 Estimate)
Per capita PPP: $19,300 (2007 Estimate)
Government Website: www.barbados.gov.bb 
Ambassador to the U.S.: Michael KING
Washington Embassy Address:
2144 Wyoming Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Deputy Chief of Mission (in Washington): David BULBULIA
Washington Embassy Website: N/A
Washington Embassy Website: www.barbados.org/embassy.htm
U.S. Ambassador to Barbados: Mary M. OURISMAN
U.S. Embassy website in Barbados: barbados.usembassy.gov

Source: CIA World Factbook.