Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: not specified territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; annual southwest (April to October) Note: easternmost Caribbean island *Barbados, People Population: 23,855 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 3% (1991 est.) Budget: revenues $2.3 billion; expenditures $15.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $505 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.) commodities: machinery, fuels partners: South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey,
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