Barbuda
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| Location | Caribbean Sea |
| Coordinates | 17°37′N 61°48′W / 17.617°N 61.800°WCoordinates: 17°37′N 61°48′W / 17.617°N 61.800°W |
| Archipelago | Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles |
| Area | 160.56 km2 (61.99 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Highest point | Highlands |
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| Largest settlement | Codrington (pop. 1,252) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 1,638 (2011) |
| Pop. density | 10.2 /km2 (26.4 /sq mi) |
Barbuda is an island in the Eastern Caribbean, and forms part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. It has a population of about 1,638 (at the 2011 Census), most of whom live in the town of Codrington.
Barbuda is located north of Antigua, in the middle of the Leeward Islands. To the south are the islands of Montserrat and Guadeloupe, and to the west and north west are Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barts, and St. Martin.
The Ciboney were the first to inhabit the island of Barbuda in 2400 BC, but Arawak and Carib Indians populated the island when Christopher Columbus landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early settlements by the Spanish and French were succeeded by the English, who formed a colony in 1666.
In 1685 Barbuda was leased to brothers Christopher and John Codrington, who had founded the town of Codrington. The Codrington family produced food on their land in Barbuda, and also transported slaves as labour for their sugarcane plantations on Antigua. There was more than one slave rebellion at Codrington during the 1740s, during which slaves rose against managers. All the slaves were freed in 1834.
Despite a common belief, even by Barbudans themselves, the island was never used as a "stud farm" for slave-breeding experiments. At most, the Codringtons considered using Barbuda as a "nursery", where slave children would be fed and cared for to then work on Antiguan plantations, but this plan was also never realized.
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