Barbuda

Barbuda is one of the twin islands Antigua-Barbuda. It is one of the two main islands of the country named Antigua and Barbuda in North America. It is situated in the Caribbean region and is located in the western West Indies in the Leeward Islands. The twin islands were discovered by Columbus in 1493. The English settled here in 1632 when Antigua became a British colony with Barbuda as its dependency. The islands became independent in 1981 within the Commonwealth of Nations and then became part of a new country by the name Antigua and Barbuda.