The Bahamas
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| Commonwealth of The Bahamas | |||||
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| National motto: | Forward Upward Onward Together | ||||
| National anthem: | "March On, Bahamaland" Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen" |
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| About the people | |||||
| Official languages: | English | ||||
| Population: (# of people) | |||||
| - Total: | 323,000 (2005 estimate) (ranked 177th) | ||||
| - Density: | 23.27 per km² | ||||
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| Capital city: | Nassau | ||||
| Largest city: | Nassau | ||||
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| - Total: | 13,878 (ranked 160th) | ||||
| Politics / Government | |||||
| Established: | July 10, 1973 | ||||
| Leaders: | Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor General: Arthur Dion Hanna Prime Minister: Perry Christie |
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| Economy / Money | |||||
| Currency: (Name of money) |
Bahamian dollar | ||||
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| Time zone: | EST: UTC−5 EDT: UTC-4 |
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| Telephone dialing code: | 1-242 | ||||
| Internet domain: | .bs | ||||
The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is a group of islands in the West Indies. The country's capital, Nassau, is located on New Providence Island.
Popular belief holds it that Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas by landing on another of the islands, San Salvador.
The islands' mostly black population speaks English, the country's main language.
A popular vacation destination, the seven hundred islands and cays attract a large number of visitors from nearby America, as well as Europe and elsewhere.
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| Independent Countries | Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Grenada · Haiti · Jamaica · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago |
| Governed by other countries | Anguilla · Aruba · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Navassa Island · Netherlands Antilles · Puerto Rico · Turks and Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas¹ · Barbados · Belize · Dominica · Grenada · Guyana · Haiti · Jamaica · Montserrat · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Associate members | Anguilla · Bermuda · Cayman Islands · British Virgin Islands · Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Observer countries | Aruba · Colombia · Dominican Republic · Mexico · Netherlands Antilles · Puerto Rico · Venezuela |
| ¹ Member of the community but not the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy. | |
