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This Caribbean Island Has the Second Highest Number of Centenarians in the World

Summary by Fodors Travel Guide
There’s an African proverb: “A village without the elderly is like a well without water. What water is to a well, elders are to a society.” So, the thinking goes on the island of Barbados, where centenarians, those who are 100 or older, are honored with special events. In 2016, at a time when the country was celebrating its 50th anniversary of independence, a national census found that Barbados was home to 114 centenarians, a fact that marked th…
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Fodors Travel Guide broke the news in on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
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