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The Bahamas

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The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic country in the Caribbean located within the Lucayan Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. The country comprises 700 islands, and more than 2,500 cays in the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Cuba and north-west of the island of Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the US state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. The capital and largest city is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas' territory as encompassing 470,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi) of ocean space.

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People are called

Bahamian

Driving side

Left

Calling code

+1242

Capital

Nassau

Population

399,440

Area

13,878 km2

Climate

Tropical

Government

Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy

Currency

Bahamian dollar

Languages

English 260k, Creole

Sells

refined petroleum, ships, aluminum, shellfish

Sells to

USA 36%

Land borders

None

Drives on the

left

Calling code

+1242

Founded

1973

Hemisphere

Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Bahamian

These are English demonyms for people from The Bahamas. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Religion: state & society

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Mount Alvernia

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Englishofficial

260k speakers

Creole

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What it sells, and to whom

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Farms and fisheries

sugarcane
grapefruits
vegetables
bananas
tomatoes
chicken

Largest cities

Nassau capital	227,940
Lucaya	46,525
Freeport	26,910

Form of government

Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy.

constitutional monarchy

Money, belief and alliances

Money

Bahamian dollar

Belongs to

Organization of American States World Meteorological Organization United Nations International Development Association International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Commonwealth of Nations Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency UNESCO International Bank for Reconstruction and Development World Health Organization Interpol Caribbean Community Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean Universal Postal Union

Climate and geography

tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

Climate zone

Tropical

Highest point

Mount Alvernia

Landmarks and landscapes

Exuma Cays Blue Holes of the Bahamas

Northern hemisphere.

In charge right now

Charles III Head of state

Philip "Brave" Davis Head of government

Figures from its history

Lynden Pindling Father of the nation Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, was a Bahamian politician who was the first prime minister of the Bahamas from 1973 to 1992.