๐ง๐ง Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town".
The Bridgetown port, found along Carlisle Bay on the south-western coast of the island. The Greater Bridgetown area is roughly defined by the Ring Road Bypass or more commonly known as the ABC Highway, sit close to the borders of the neighbouring parishes Christ Church and St. James. The Grantley Adams International Airport for Barbados, is located 16 km (10ย mi) south-east of Bridgetown city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
The present-day location of the city was established by English settlers in 1628; a previous settlement under the authority of Sir William Courten was at St. James Town. Bridgetown is a major West Indies tourist destination, and the city acts as an important financial, informatics, convention centre, and cruise ship port of call in the Caribbean region. On 25 June 2011, "Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison" was added as a World Heritage Site of UNESCO.
Barbados' main exports are sugar, rum, and molasses. The island is also involved in other industries namely tourism and the offshore sector.
Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE), The city of Bridgetown has a stock exchange with securities of Barbadian and regional Caribbean companies.
1Banking The main banks are: Bank of Nova Scotia, โข Republic Bank, โข Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) โข FirstCaribbean International Bank โข First Citizens โข Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
1Bridgetown is the #90 city in the world according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) which evaluates and ranks the competitiveness of the major financial centres of the world according to a wide range of criteria โ Human Capital, Business, Finance, Infrastructure and Reputation.
Bridgetown was ranked #1306 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Bridgetown has a population of over 110,000 people. Bridgetown also forms part of the wider Barbados metropolitan area which has a population of over 287,618 people. Bridgetown is ranked #994 for startups with a score of 0.062.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Bridgetown has links with:
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Hackney, England๐ฐ๐ญ Battambang 13.1
๐ต๐ญ Legaspi Port 13.13
๐ณ๐ฎ Tuma-La Dalia 13.139
๐ธ๐ณ Vรฉlingara 13.15
๐ณ๐ฎ El Tuma-La Dalia 13.067
๐ฎ๐ณ Vadapalani 13.05
๐ฆ๐ท San Antonio de Areco -59.467
๐ฆ๐ท Resistencia -58.983
๐ฆ๐ท Presidencia Roque Sรกenz Peรฑa -58.983
๐ฆ๐ท General Rodriguez -58.95
๐ฆ๐ท Reconquista -59.933
๐ต๐พ Filadelfia -60.017
๐ฆ๐ท San Nicolรกs de los Arroyos -60.217
๐ฆ๐ท Olavarrรญa -60.333
Locations Near: Bridgetown -59.6159,13.0993
๐ง๐ง Oistins -59.533,13.05 d: 10.5
๐ป๐จ Kingstown -61.226,13.16 d: 174.4
๐ฑ๐จ Castries -60.978,14.026 d: 179.7
๐ซ๐ท Le Marin -60.866,14.469 d: 203.5
๐ฒ๐ถ Le Marin -60.871,14.47 d: 204
๐ฒ๐ถ Le Lamentin -61.003,14.615 d: 225.4
๐ฒ๐ถ Fort-de-France -61.067,14.604 d: 229.2
๐ฒ๐ถ La Trinitรฉ -60.97,14.73 d: 232.9
๐ฌ๐ฉ St. Georgeโs -61.752,12.053 d: 259.3
๐ฌ๐ฉ St. George's -61.75,12.05 d: 259.3
Antipodal to: Bridgetown 120.384,-13.099
๐ฎ๐ฉ Kupang 123.6,-10.167 d: 19536.6
๐ฎ๐ฉ Sumbawa 118.083,-8.783 d: 19473.4
๐ฎ๐ฉ Bima 118.717,-8.45 d: 19467
๐ฆ๐บ Broome 122.237,-17.956 d: 19439.8
๐ฎ๐ฉ Sumbawa Besar 117.417,-8.5 d: 19409.7
๐น๐ฑ Pante Macassar 124.365,-9.213 d: 19402.5
๐ฎ๐ฉ Taliwang 116.867,-8.733 d: 19396.2
๐ฎ๐ฉ Selong 116.533,-8.65 d: 19365.8