The Bahamas
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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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Commonweel o the Bahamas | |
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Motto: "Forward, Upward, Onward, Together" | |
Caipital and largest city | Nassau 25°4′N 77°20′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 |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Hoose o Assemmly |
Unthirldom | |
• 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) |
UTC−4 (EDT) | |
Drivin side | caur |
Cawin code | +1 242 |
ISO 3166 code | BS |
Internet TLD | .bs |
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