Bridgetown

**Bridgetown**  babban birni ne kuma birni mafi girma na ƙasar Barbados. Tsohon **Garin Saint Michael**, yankin Greater Bridgetown yana cikin Ikklesiya ta Saint Michael . Wani lokaci ana kiran Bridgetown da "Birni", amma mafi yawan magana shine "Gari". Ya zuwa shekara ta 2014, yawan jama'ar garin ya kai kusan 110,000.

Tashar jiragen ruwa *ta Bridgetown*, wacce aka samar tare da Carlisle Bay (at ) ta ta'allaka ne a kudu maso yammacin gabar tekun tsibirin garin. Sassan yankin Greater Bridgetown (kamar yadda aka siffanta shi ta hanyar Ring Road Bypass ko kuma wanda aka fi sani da babbar hanyar ABC ),  suna zaune kusa da iyakokin maƙwabtan Ikklisiya na Christ Church da St. James . Filin jirgin saman Grantley Adams na kasa da kasa na Barbados, yana da nisan kilomita  daga kudu maso gabas na tsakiyar birnin Bridgetown, kuma akwai jiragen da ke zirga-zirga na yau da kullun zuwa manyan biranen Burtaniya, Amurka, Kanada da Caribbean . Yanzu babu karamar hukuma, amma mazabar majalisar dokokin kasa ce. A cikin shekarun 1950s-1960s Federation of British West Indian Territories, Bridgetown na ɗaya daga cikin manyan biranen uku  a cikin yankin da ake ɗauka a matsayin babban birnin tarayya na yankin.  

Mazauna Ingila ne suka kafa wurin a yau da ake zaune, a cikin shekara ta 1628; wani sulhu da ya gabata a karkashin ikon Sir William Courten ya kasance a St. James Town . Bridgetown babban yanki ne na yawon shakatawa na Yamma Indies, kuma birni yana aiki azaman mahimman kuɗi, bayanai, cibiyar tarurruka, da tashar  jirgin ruwa na kira a yankin Caribbean. A ranar 25 ga watan Yunin shekarar 2011, an saka " Bridgetown da Garrisonta" a matsayin Wurin Tarihi na Duniya da hukumar UNESCO ta yi.   

## Tarihi
Ko da yake an yi watsi da tsibirin gaba ɗaya ko kuma ba a zaune a lokacin da Birtaniyya ta zo, ɗaya daga cikin ƴan alamun wanzuwar ƴan asalin tsibirin a tsibirin ita ce gada ta farko da aka gina akan fadamar yankin Careenage a tsakiyar Bridgetown. An yi tunanin cewa mutanen ƴan asalin yankin Caribbean da ake kira Tainos ne suka assasa wannan gada. Bayan gano tsarin, mazauna Burtaniya sun fara kiran abin da ake kira gadar *Indiya ta* Bridgetown a yanzu. Masana sun yi imanin cewa an kori mutanen Tainos daga Barbados zuwa tsibirin Saint Lucia da ke makwabtaka da su, yayin da Kalinagos suka mamaye, wani yanki na ’yan asalin masu yankin. Daga ƙarshe bayan 1654 lokacin da Birtaniyya suka gina sabuwar gada, yankin ya zama sananne da *Garin Saint Michael* kuma daga baya sai *Bridgetown*, bayan Sir Tobias Bridge .

Bridgetown shine kadai birni a wajen Amurka ta yanzu da George Washington ya ziyarta. ( Gidan George Washington, gidan da ya zauna, an gina shi a cikin yankin iyakokin Yankin Tarihi na Garrison . Biyu daga cikin kakannin Washington, Jonathon da Gerrard Hawtaine, sun kasance farkon waɗanda su ka fara shuka a tsibirin. Kakar su ita ce Mary Washington ta Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, Ingila. A cikin 2011, UNESCO ta ayyana gine-ginen tarihi a Bridgetown a matsayin yanki mai kariya. 

### Farkon mazauna

Matsugunin turawa a Bridgetown ya fara ne a ranar 5 ga Yuli 1628[2] a ƙarƙashin Charles Wolverstone, wanda ya zo da mazauna 64 zuwa waɗannan ƙasashe wanda James Hay, Earl na Carlisle ya yi iƙirarin. gungun 'yan kasuwan London ne suka aiko Wolverstone, karkashin jagorancin Sir Marmaduke Rawdon. Earl na Carlisle an ba su hayar zuwa kadada 10,000 (ha) na fili don biyan basussuka. Wolverstone ya bai wa kowane mazaunin kadada 100 (haɗin 40) na fili a gefen arewacin hanyar ruwan Careenage don manufar daidaitawa gabaɗaya. Wakilan Carlisle sun yi iƙirarin kudancin bakin tekun Needham a watan Oktoban 1628. A cikin 1631, kadada da yawa na ƙasar da ke fuskantar Carlisle Bay kai tsaye an ba da su ga Henry Hawley, sabon Gwamna; amma bayan rahoton rashin gaskiya ya kama shi aka kuma mayar da shi Ingila tilas a shekara ta 1639. Wani bincike da wata hukumar ta gudanar a shekara ta 1640 ta gano cewa yawancin cinikin filayen Hawley na halal ne kuma ya nuna yadda ya kamata. zuwa Earl na Carlisle. An gina Bridgetown tare da shimfidar titin da ke kama da farkon Turanci na tsakiyar zamanai ko garuruwan kasuwa, tare da kunkuntar titin maciji da kuma tsarin layinta. An kiyasta cewa tsakanin 1627 zuwa 1807, kusan 387,000 'yan Afirka bayi da aka aika zuwa Barbados.

## Manazarta