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In Barbuda you will see an island that is unspoilt by tourism. [...] There are several salt ponds where it is possible to see a great variety of bird life, and in the lagoon the most spectacular of all the birds - the rare Magnificent Frigate Bird has a colony of approximately 2000 birds, one of the largest colonies in the world. [2]
Barbuda, Antigua’s smaller sister island of 68 miles, lies 25 miles north of Antigua and is wild, woolly and barely inhabited. [3]
Barbuda is a island in the Caribbean ringed with miles of beautiful deserted beaches. [4]
It has a population of about 1,500, most of whom live in the town of Codrington. [5]
It is part of Antigua and Barbuda. [4]
Barbuda can be reached easily from Antigua, either by air (a 20-minute flight, twice daily) or by boat (in three hours). [6]
Barbuda is an island in the Eastern Caribbean, and forms part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. [5]
Most of the residents are descended from slaves owned by the Codrington family, who raised food here for the slaves in the sugarcane fields of Antigua. [4]
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In 1680, four years before he began cultivating sugar on Antigua, Christopher Codrington was granted (with his brother John) a lease to land in Barbuda. [6]
Antigua, the largest of the English-speaking Leeward Islands, is about 14 miles long and 11 miles wide, encompassing 108 square miles. [...] Antigua (pronounced An-tee’ga) and Barbuda are located in the middle of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator. [7]
Village life is unaffected by tourism and if you are a guest here you will soon be part of the social life of the local people. [2]
Sources:
[1] Barbuda Forum - TripAdvisor
[2] Barbuda - welcome
[3] Barbuda Hotels, resorts and flights
[4] Barbuda travel guide - Wikitravel
[5] Barbuda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[6] Antigua and Barbuda / Barbuda
[7] Antigua and Barbuda / Homepage