<P> The Bridgetown port , found along Carlisle Bay ( at 13 ° 06 ′ 22 '' N 59 ° 37 ′ 55 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 13.106 ° N 59.632 ° W ﻿ / 13.106 ; - 59.632 ﻿ ( Bridgetown port ) ) lies on the southwestern coast of the island . Parts of the Greater Bridgetown area ( as 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 kilometres ( 9.9 mi ) southeast of Bridgetown city centre , and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom , United States , Canada and the Caribbean . While there is no longer local municipal government , it is governed as a political constituency within the national Parliament . During the short - lived 1950s - 1960s Federation of the British West Indian Territories , Bridgetown was one of three capital cities within the region being considered to be the Federal capital of region . </P>
<P> The Bridgetown port , found along Carlisle Bay ( at 13 ° 06 ′ 22 '' N 59 ° 37 ′ 55 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 13.106 ° N 59.632 ° W ﻿ / 13.106 ; - 59.632 ﻿ ( Bridgetown port ) ) lies on the southwestern coast of the island . Parts of the Greater Bridgetown area ( as 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 kilometres ( 9.9 mi ) southeast of Bridgetown city centre , and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom , United States , Canada and the Caribbean . While there is no longer local municipal government , it is governed as a political constituency within the national Parliament . During the short - lived 1950s - 1960s Federation of the British West Indian Territories , Bridgetown was one of three capital cities within the region being considered to be the Federal capital of region . </P>
on which coast of barbados is the capital bridgetown
on which coast of barbados is the capital bridgetown
the southwestern coast
the southwestern coast