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The Bahamas ( / bəˈhɑːməz / ⓘ bə-HAH-məz ), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, [12] is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and 88% of its population.
- Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau (/ ˈ n æ s ɔː / NASS-aw) is the capital and largest...
- Parliament
The Parliament of The Bahamas is the bicameral national...
- Grand Bahama
Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the...
- Freeport
Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the...
- Nassau, Bahamas
History of the Bahamas. The earliest arrival of people in the islands now known as The Bahamas was in the first millennium AD. The first inhabitants of the islands were the Lucayans, an Arawakan language -speaking Taino people, who arrived between about 500 and 800 AD from other islands of the Caribbean .
The Bahamas (officially called Commonwealth of The Bahamas) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. The country's capital, Nassau, is on New Providence Island. The Taino were the first people living there. In 1492, Christopher Columbus found the Americas by landing on another of the islands, San Salvador.
The Bahamas, officially Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Archipelago and state, northwestern edge of the West Indies, lying southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. It consists of about 700 islands and numerous cays. Area: 5,382 sq mi (13,939 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 409,000.
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an English -speaking archipelagic nation on the northwestern edge of the West Indies. The Bahamas consist of 700 islands and cays, only about 30 of which are inhabited, and more than 2,000 low, barren rock formations.
May 18, 2018 · views 3,431,346 updated May 18 2018. THE BAHAMAS. LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT. TOPOGRAPHY. CLIMATE. FLORA AND FAUNA. ENVIRONMENT. POPULATION. MIGRATION. ETHNIC GROUPS. LANGUAGES. RELIGIONS. TRANSPORTATION. HISTORY. GOVERNMENT. POLITICAL PARTIES. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. JUDICIAL SYSTEM. ARMED FORCES. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. ECONOMY. INCOME. LABOR.
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