WikiProject Barbados

Barbados is a country in Caribbean, North America at latitude 13°12′00.00″ North, longitude 59°34′48.00″ West.

Barbados (pronounced /bɑːrˈbeɪdɒs/ or /bɑːrˈbeɪdoʊs/) 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 sq km (166 sq mi). Barbados is 2,600 km (1,600 mi) southeast of Miami and it is the easternmost island in the Caribbean.

This page is a starting point for coordinating mapping activities in Barbados.

Administrative Boundaries

Barbados is divided into 11 parishes:

Road Classification

There are approximately 1,600 km of roads in Barbados covering almost all parts of the island. The road network conforms to a hierarchy that can be defined by the following tagging scheme:

Place Hierarchy

Districts in Barbados vary widely in geographic size and often boundaries are not clearly defined. "Developments" (typically named Park, Terrace, Heights, Gardens, etc.) are typically the smallest areas and should be tagged as place=neighbourhood.