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From time to time radio stations in Barbados undergo rebranding or change formats. Some of the previous brands and formats in Barbados include. Liberty 98.1 FM - AKA "Liberty To Set You Free" now known as The One 98.1 FM. Rediffusion Barbados (Broadcast via cable wires) - Associated-Rediffusion. No longer in operation.
ABC Highway with two mini buses close to the Sir Garfield Sobers roundabout. The ABC Highway is the main urban highway in Barbados.Opened in 1989, it is named after three famous Barbadian politicians: John Michael Geoffrey Manningham ("Tom") Adams, Errol Barrow, and Hugh Gordon Cummins.
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Similar to the driving habits in the United Kingdom, people in Barbados also drive on the left side of the road. Barbados has a very dependable highway system of main roads that stem from the country's capital, Bridgetown. The highways are identified by the numbers one to seven. H1 signifies the first highway that runs north.
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Barbados. Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles , in the Americas . It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km 2 (167 sq mi).
Barbados (UK: / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d ɒ s / bah-BAY-doss; US: / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d oʊ s / ⓘ bar-BAY-dohss; locally / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d ə s / bar-BAY-dəss) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.
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In 1625, Holetown (formerly as St. James Town) was the site of initial English settlement of Barbados (although Captain Cataline had previously landed to collect water in 1620). The envoy (led by John Powell ) was blown off-course from South America to England and took the opportunity to claim the island for the Kingdom of England .