The Bahamas
Coordinates: 24°15′N 76°00′W / 24.250°N 76.000°W
The Bahamas (pronounced /ðə bəˈhɑːməz/ (deprecatit template)), offeecially the Commonweel o the Bahamas, is a kintra consistin o 29 islands, 661 cays, an 2,387 islets (rocks).[11][12] It is locatit in the Atlantic Ocean north o Cuba an Hispaniola (Dominican Republic an Haiti), northwast o the Turks an Caicos Islands, an sootheast o the Unitit States (nearest tae the state o Florida). Its total land aurie is 13,939 km2 (5,382 sq mi), wi an estimatit population o 330,000. Its caipital is Nassau. Geographically, the Bahamas lie in the same island chain as Cuba, Hispaniola an the Turks an Caicos Islands; the designation o Bahamas refers normally tae the commonweel an no the geographic chain.[13]
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Motto: "Forward, Upward, Onward, Together" | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Nassau 25°4′N 77°20′W / 25.067°N 77.333°W |
| Offeecial leids | Inglis |
| Recognised regional leids | Bahamian Creole[a] |
| Ethnic groups (2016) | 90.6% African 4.7% European 2.1% Mixed 1.9% ither[1][2] |
| Demonym(s) | Bahamian |
| Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentar constitutional monarchy[3][4] |
• Monarch | Charles III |
| Cornelius A. Smith | |
| Philip Davis | |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
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• frae the Unitit Kinrick | 10 Julie 1973[5] |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 13,878 km2 (5,358 sq mi) (155th) |
• Water (%) | 28% |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 391,232[6] (177t) |
• 2010 census | 351,461 |
• Density | 25.21/km2 (65.3/sq mi) (181st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $9.374 billion[7] |
• Per capita | $25,173[7] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $9.172 billion[7] |
• Per capita | $24,630[7] |
| Gini (2001) | 57[8] heich |
| HDI (2014) |  0.790[9]heich · 55th |
| Currency | Bahamian dollar (BSD) (US dollars widely accepted) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Drivin side | caur |
| Cawin code | +1 242 |
| ISO 3166 code | BS |
| Internet TLD | .bs |
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References
eedit- ↑ Bahamas, The Archived 2010-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. CIA World Factbook.
- ↑ Bahamas Department of Statistics Archived 2015-12-09 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ↑ "•GENERAL SITUATION AND TRENDS". Pan American Health Organization. Archived frae the original on 27 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 9 Februar 2018.
- ↑ "Mission to Long Island in the Bahamas". Evangelical Association of the Caribbean. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 9 Februar 2018.
- ↑ "1973: Bahamas' sun sets on British Empire". BBC News. 9 Julie 1973. Retrieved 1 Mey 2009.
- ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ↑ a b c d "The Bahamas". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "Bahamas Living Conditions Survey 2001" (PDF). Department of Statistics. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ↑ "2015 Human Development Report Summary" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Ethnologue - Bahamas: Languages (18th ed.)
- ↑ "Home - Office of the Prime Minister" (in Inglis). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ↑ "Cat Island, Bahamas". eol.jsc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ↑ "Bahamas: the country profile". The Commonwealth yearbook. Commonwealth Secretariat. London: Hanson Cooke Ltd for the Commonwealth Secretariat. ISBN 978-1-908609-19-9. OCLC 1101219008.CS1 maint: others (link)
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