Mangrove Cay
Mangrove Cay is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on Andros Island Andros Island is an archipelago within the Bahamas, the largest of the Bahamian Islands. Politically considered a single island, Andros in total has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined. The land area of Andros consis .... Its capital is Moxey Town in the north east corner of the island. There are 3 schools: Victoria Point Preschool, Burnt Rock Primary, and Mangrove Cay High School. The census of population 2010-05-03 shows a population of 892 for the district, of which 420 were in Moxey Town (Little Harbour). References Further reading * Districts of the Bahamas Islands of the Bahamas Andros, Bahamas {{Bahamas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mangrove Cay In Bahamas (zoom)
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in several plant families. They occur worldwide in the tropics and subtropics and even some temperate coastal areas, mainly between latitudes 30° N and 30° S, with the greatest mangrove area within 5° of the equator. Mangrove plant families first appeared during the Late Cretaceous to Paleocene epochs, and became widely distributed in part due to the movement of tectonic plates. The oldest known fossils of mangrove palm date to 75 million years ago. Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees, also called halophytes, and are adapted to live in harsh coastal conditions. They contain a complex salt filtration system and a complex root system to cope with saltwater immersion and wave action. They are adapted to the low-oxygen conditions of wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andros
Andros ( el, Άνδρος, ) is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos. It is nearly long, and its greatest breadth is . It is for the most part mountainous, with many fruitful and well-watered valleys. The municipality, which includes the island Andros and several small, uninhabited islands, has an area of . The largest towns are Andros (town), Gavrio, Batsi, and Ormos Korthiou. Palaeopolis, the ancient capital, was built into a steep hillside, and the breakwater of its harbor can still be seen underwater. At the village of Apoikia, there is the notable spring of Sariza, where the water flows from a sculpted stone lion's head. Andros also offers great hiking options with many new paths being added each year. History Antiquity During the Final Neolithic (over 5,000 years ago), Andros had a fortified village on its west coast, which archaeologists have named Strofilias, after the plateau on which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Districts Of The Bahamas
Local government in the Bahamas exists in two forms, namely second-schedule and third-schedule district councils. There are a total of 32 local government districts: 13 second-schedule districts, which are further sub-divided into town areas, and 19 third-schedule districts, which are all unitary authorities. The second and third schedules together make up the first schedule. Local government policy is formulated and administered by the Department of Lands and Local Government through the Office of the Prime Minister. The day-to-day policy handling of the portfolio falls to the Minister of Local Government who also is empowered to create new local government areas from time to time based on demographics. The administrative and financial management is overseen by the ministry's permanent secretary. History Local government previously existed in the Bahamas in the form of appointed "Board of Works". Here towns and villages held their influence over these Board of Works, but almos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The archipelagic state consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and northwest of the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the U.S. state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes The Bahamas' territory as encompassing of ocean space. The Bahama Islands were inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan- speaking Taíno, for many centuries. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making his first landfall in the "New World" in 1492 when h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andros, Bahamas
Andros Island is an archipelago within the Bahamas, the largest of the Bahamian Islands. Politically considered a single island, Andros in total has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined. The land area of Andros consists of hundreds of small islets and cays connected by mangrove estuaries and tidal swamplands, together with three major islands: North Andros, Mangrove Cay, and South Andros. The three main islands are separated by bights, estuaries that trifurcate the island from east to west. It is long by wide at the widest point. Etymology The indigenous Lucayan people called the island ''Habacoa'' (or ''Babucca'') meaning "large upper outer land". Originally named ''Espiritu Santu'' by the Spanish, Andros Island was given its present name sometime early during the period of British colonial rule. Several eighteenth-century British documents refer to it as Andrews Island. A 1782 map refers to the island as San Andreas. The modern name is beli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moxey Town
Moxey may refer to: People * Dean Moxey (born 1986), English professional footballer * Edward P. Moxey (1881–1943), American accountant * Eric Moxey (1894–1940), Royal Air Force officer * Ginger Moxey, Bahamian businesswoman and politician * Hugh Moxey (1909–1991), English actor * Jez Moxey (born 1963), football (soccer) executive * Jim Moxey (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player * John Llewellyn Moxey (born 1925), Argentinian film and television director * Jonathan Moxey (born 1995), American football player * Osbourne Moxey (born 1978), Bahamian long jumper Fiction * Albert Arthur Moxey, a character in the British TV series ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' See also * Moxie (other) Moxie is a regional soda in the United States, the eponym of the word "moxie". Moxie or MOXIE or ''similar'' may also refer to: * boldness, audacity, chutzpah, moxie People * Moxie (DJ), a London-based DJ * Moxiie, a Haitian-American recordin ... * Moxy (other) {{di ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Districts Of The Bahamas
Local government in the Bahamas exists in two forms, namely second-schedule and third-schedule district councils. There are a total of 32 local government districts: 13 second-schedule districts, which are further sub-divided into town areas, and 19 third-schedule districts, which are all unitary authorities. The second and third schedules together make up the first schedule. Local government policy is formulated and administered by the Department of Lands and Local Government through the Office of the Prime Minister. The day-to-day policy handling of the portfolio falls to the Minister of Local Government who also is empowered to create new local government areas from time to time based on demographics. The administrative and financial management is overseen by the ministry's permanent secretary. History Local government previously existed in the Bahamas in the form of appointed "Board of Works". Here towns and villages held their influence over these Board of Works, but almos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Islands Of The Bahamas
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands and cays of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. A *Abaco Island * Abner Cay * Abraham's Bay *Acklins Island * Adderley Cay * Alcorine Cay *Alder Cay * Allan Cays * Allans Cay *Ambergris Cay(s) * Andrew island * Andros Island - largest island of the Bahamas * Angel Cays *Angle and Fish Cay * Anna Cay *Arawak Cay * Araway Cay * Archers Cay *Athol Island *Atwood Cay *August Cay B *Back Cay *Bahama Cay *Bahama Island *Bamboo Cay *Barraterre Island *Barn Cay *Barracuda Island * Base Line Cay * Beach Cay * Beacon Cay * Beak Cay * Bell Cay (owned by the Aga Khan IV) * Ben Cay * Berry Islands * Big Bersus Cay *Big Carters Cay * Big Cave Cay * Big Cay *Big Crab Cay * Big Cross Cay * Big Darby Island, a private island in the Exumas * Big Egg Island * Big Farmer's Cay * Big Fish Cay * Big Grand Cay * Big Harbour Cay * Big Hog Cay * Big Jerry Cay * Big Joe Downer Cay *Big Lake Cay * Big Lloyd Cay * Big Major Cay * Big Pigeon Cay * Big R ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |