Bahamas

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Commonwealth of The Bahamas


Official flag	Official Coat of Arms

National information

National motto:

Forward Upward Onward Together

National anthem:

"March On, Bahamaland"
Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen"

About the people

Official languages:

English

Population:
(# of people)

Total: 323,000 (2005 estimate)
(ranked #177th)
Density: 23.27 per km²

Geography / Places

Here is the country on a map of the world.

Capital city:

Nassau

Largest city:

Nassau

Area

Total: 13,878
(ranked #160th)
Water: km² (28%)

Politics / Government

Established:

July 10, 1973

Leaders:

Monarch: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Arthur Dion Hanna
Prime Minister: Perry Christie

Economy / Money

Currency:
(Name of money)

Bahamian dollar

International information

Time zone:

EST: UTC−5
EDT: UTC-4

Telephone dialing code:

1-242

Internet domain:

.bs

The Bahamas are 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, Europe and elsewhere.

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Independent	Antigua and Barbuda \| Bahamas \| Barbados \| Belize \| Canada \| Costa Rica \| Cuba \| Dominica \| Dominican Republic \| El Salvador \| Grenada \| Guatemala \| Haiti \| Honduras \| Jamaica \| Mexico \| Nicaragua \| Panama \| Saint Kitts and Nevis \| Saint Lucia \| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \| Trinidad and Tobago \| United States
Governed by other countries	Anguilla \| Aruba \| Bermuda \| British Virgin Islands \| Cayman Islands \| Greenland \| Guadeloupe \| Martinique \| Montserrat \| Navassa Island \| Netherlands Antilles \| Puerto Rico \| Saint-Pierre and Miquelon \| Turks and Caicos Islands \| U.S. Virgin Islands

Countries and territories in the Caribbean (West Indies)
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

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
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.

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