Barbuda a wan i'lan' weh deh easteen Caribbean deh, part a de twin-i'lan' state a Antiga an' Barbuda as a independent place. Barbuda deh 'bout 30 miles (48 km) tuh de norf a Antiga. Deh only places pon de i'lan' ah Codrington an' de areas 'roun' it. Barbuda a wan flat i'lan', deh western side mostly tek up by Codrington Lagoon, an' de eastern part mostly covered by de Barbuda Highlands, weh got salty ponds an' scrubland all ova de i'lan'. De climate classified as tropical marine.
De fuss people dem weh live pon Barbuda, dem Ciboney, dem use canoe an' hunt an' gather, 'bout 3,000–4,000 years ago.[1] Aftah dat, Arawak an' Kalinago people come live deh too.[2] Spanish people come early, an' den French an' English people form a colony inna 1666. Inna 1685, Barbuda lease to John an' Christopher Codrington. Inna 1834, dem abolish slavery in Barbuda.[3][4] Because de whole i'lan' was under one land grant, Barbudans still had dem own cultivation pon communal land aftah slavery done.
Barbuda got 'bout 1,634 people an' cover 'bout 62 square-miles (161 sq km), an' it one ah de least populated i'lan's inna Caribbean.[5] Barbuda people less packed up dan Antiga. Inna September 2017, Category 5 Hurricane Irma mash up more dan 90 percent ah Barbuda buildings, an' dem have tuh move everybody tuh Antiga.[6] By February 2019, most ah de residents done come back tuh de i'lan'.[7]
Barbuda economy mainly based 'pon tourism an' government work, wit central government an' local government bein' de bigges' employers pon de i'lan'. Fisheries mek up most ah de i'lan's exports, an' lobster catchin' ah big industry deh.
References
edit- ↑ https://www.anbanet.com/caribbean/a-and-b.html
- ↑ https://www.anbanet.com/caribbean/a-and-b.html
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/place/Antigua-and-Barbuda/History
- ↑ https://antiguanewsroom.com/happy-emancipation-day-antigua-and-barbuda/
- ↑ https://www.statista.com/statistics/789684/population-density-latin-america-country/
- ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/09/14/b0arbuda-hurricane-irama-devastation/665950001/
- ↑ https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/5356/5/Tweedy81MLitt.pdf