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The location of The Bahamas An enlargeable relief map of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas The following
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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to The Bahamas:
Commonwealth of The 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 arch ...
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sovereign ''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'. The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or ...
island country comprising an
archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
of seven hundred islands and two thousand
cay A cay ( ), also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great ...
s. The Bahamas are located in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of
Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
and the United States, north of
Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
, the island of
Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
and the Caribbean, and northwest of the
British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...
of the
Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and n ...
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General reference

An enlargeable basic map of The Bahamas *
Pronunciation Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct pronunciation") or simply the way a particular ...
: * Common English country names:
The Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
or the Bahama Islands * Official English country name: The
Commonwealth of The 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 arch ...
* Common
endonym An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...
(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Bahamian *
Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...
(s): * ISO country codes: BS, BHS, 044 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BS *
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.bs .bs is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for the Bahamas. It is administered by the University of the Bahamas The University of The Bahamas (UB) is the national Public university, public institution of higher education in the C ...


Geography of the Bahamas

image:BahamasOMC.png, An enlargeable map of
The Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
* The Bahamas is... ** an
archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
** a country *** an island country consisting of two thousand
cay A cay ( ), also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great ...
s and seven hundred islands *** a
nation state A nation state is a political unit where the state and nation are congruent. It is a more precise concept than "country", since a country does not need to have a predominant ethnic group. A nation, in the sense of a common ethnicity, may inc ...
*** a
Commonwealth realm A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state in the Commonwealth of Nations whose monarch and head of state is shared among the other realms. Each realm functions as an independent state, equal with the other realms and nations of the Commonwealt ...
* Location: **
Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's Nort ...
and
Western Hemisphere The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Politically, the term We ...
*** North America (off the
East Coast of the United States The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean. The eastern seaboard contains the coa ...
, southeast of
Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
) ** Atlantic Ocean *** North Atlantic Ocean **
Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...
: Eastern Standard Time ( UTC−05),
Eastern Daylight Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a small por ...
( UTC−04) ** Extreme points of the Bahamas *** High:
Mount Alvernia Mount Alvernia (formerly Como Hill) is located on Cat Island in the Bahamas and is the highest point in the country at above sea level. The mountain shares its name with a school in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Originally named "Como Hill", it was re ...
on Cat Island *** Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 3,542 km * Population of the Bahamas: 330,549 (2007) – 177th most populous country * Area of the Bahamas: – 160th largest country * Maps of the Bahamas ** Atlas of the Bahamas


Environment of the Bahamas

An enlargeable satellite image of the Bahama Islands * Climate of the Bahamas * Renewable energy in the Bahamas *
Geology of the Bahamas The geology of the Bahamas has been researched since the mid-19th century. The islands include Aeolian sands and limestone built on the basement rock of the Florida-Bahamas Platform. The islands are used to infer sea levels based on the arrangemen ...
* Protected areas of the Bahamas ** Biosphere reserves in the Bahamas ** National parks of the Bahamas * Wildlife of the Bahamas **
Fauna of the Bahamas Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zool ...
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Birds of the Bahamas Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight s ...
*** Mammals of the Bahamas


Natural geographic features of the Bahamas

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Rivers of the Bahamas A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wat ...
* World Heritage Sites in the Bahamas: None


Islands of the Bahamas

List of Islands in 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) * ...
* Abaco *
Acklins Acklins is an island and district of the Bahamas. It is one of a group of islands arranged along a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island () in the north and Acklins () in the southeast, and ...
* Acklins and Crooked Islands *
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 consis ...
* Berry Islands *
Bimini Bimini is the westernmost district of the Bahamas and comprises a chain of islands located about due east of Miami. Bimini is the closest point in the Bahamas to the mainland United States and approximately west-northwest of Nassau. The populat ...
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Castaway Cay Disney's Castaway Cay, or simply Castaway Cay (), is a private island in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port for the Disney Cruise Line ships. It is located near Great Abaco Island and was formerly known as Gorda Cay. In 1997, The Walt D ...
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Cat Island (Bahamas) Cat Island is located in central Bahamas, and is one of its districts. Cat Island also has the nation's highest point, Mount Alvernia (formerly known as Como Hill). It rises to and is topped by a monastery called ''The Hermitage''. This assemb ...
* Conception Island * Crooked Island (Bahamas) * Egg Island (Bahamas) * Eleuthera *
Exuma Exuma is a district of The Bahamas, consisting of over 365 islands, also called cays. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a small bridge. The capital ...
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Grand Bahama Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, with the town of West End located east of Palm Beach, Florida. It is the third largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is ...
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Great Guana Cay Great Guana Cay is an islet in The Bahamas. It is a long, narrow islet, long. It is in the centre of the Abaco Islands and is near Gumelemi Cay. It is about 8 miles from Marsh Harbour. Approximately 150 people live on the island, mostly along ...
* Little San Salvador Island * Little Stirrup Cay * Long Island, Bahamas *
Man-O-War Cay Man-O-War Cay is a small island in the Abaco region of the Bahamas. It had a population of 215 at the 2010 census. History When the American colonies were successful in defeating the British in the U.S. Revolutionary War, some British Loyalis ...
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Mayaguana Mayaguana (from Taíno language ''Mayaguana'', meaning "Lesser Midwestern Land") is the easternmost island and district of The Bahamas. Its population was 277 in the 2010 census. It has an area of about . About north of Great Inagua and southea ...
* Moore's Island *
New Providence New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. It is the location of the national capital city of Nassau, whose boundaries are coincident with the island; it had a population of 246 ...
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Norman's Cay Norman's Cay is a small Bahamas, Bahamian island (a few hundred hectares) in the Exumas, a chain of islands south and east of Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau, that served as the headquarters for Carlos Lehder's drug smuggling operation from 1978 until aro ...
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Out Islands The Out Islands are the islands that make up the Bahamas with the exception of New Providence Island, where the capital and largest city, Nassau, is located and Grand Bahama Island, where Freeport is located.David Hamilton-Jones, "Problems of In ...
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Paradise Island Paradise Island is an island in The Bahamas formerly known as Hog Island. The island, with an area of (2.8 km2/1.1 sq mi), is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau, which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of ...
* Ragged Island * Rum Cay * Samana Cay *
San Salvador Island San Salvador Island (known as Watling's Island from the 1680s until 1925) is an island and district of The Bahamas. It is widely believed that during Christopher Columbus's first expedition to the New World, this island was the first land he s ...
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Windermere Island Windermere Island is a small island in The Bahamas that is approximately five and a half miles long. The island is connected to the larger island of Eleuthera by a short bridge which is protected by a guardhouse. The bridge was built by Lord Tr ...


Regions of the Bahamas

New Providence Regions of the Bahamas


Ecoregions of the Bahamas

List of ecoregions in the Bahamas * Ecoregions in the Bahamas


Administrative divisions of the Bahamas

Administrative divisions of the Bahamas * Districts of the Bahamas ** Municipalities of the Bahamas


= Districts of the Bahamas

= Districts of the Bahamas *
Acklins Acklins is an island and district of the Bahamas. It is one of a group of islands arranged along a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island () in the north and Acklins () in the southeast, and ...
* Berry Islands *
Bimini Bimini is the westernmost district of the Bahamas and comprises a chain of islands located about due east of Miami. Bimini is the closest point in the Bahamas to the mainland United States and approximately west-northwest of Nassau. The populat ...
* Black Point (
Exuma Exuma is a district of The Bahamas, consisting of over 365 islands, also called cays. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a small bridge. The capital ...
) * Cat Island * Central Abaco *
Central Andros Central Andros is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on Andros Island. Its current Chief Councillor is Ms. Natasha Scott. The Member of Parliament for this District is Minister Leon Lundy. Central Andros is known for its large concentration o ...
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Central Eleuthera Central Eleuthera is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the island of Eleuthera Eleuthera () refers both to a single island in the archipelagic state of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas and to its associated group of smaller islands. Eleu ...
* City of Freeport (
Grand Bahama Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, with the town of West End located east of Palm Beach, Florida. It is the third largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is ...
) * Crooked Island * East Grand Bahama *
Exuma Exuma is a district of The Bahamas, consisting of over 365 islands, also called cays. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a small bridge. The capital ...
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Grand Cay Grand Cay is one of the districts of the Bahamas. It is geographically located in the Abaco Islands. Grand Cay is a small island or cay situated south of Walker's Cay in the Bahamas Islands. It is a settlement of Abaco, a major island of the B ...
( Abaco) *
Harbour Island A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is a ...
( Eleuthera) *
Hope Town Hope Town is one of the districts of the Bahamas, districts of the Bahamas, on the Abaco Islands, Abaco islands as well as a small village on Elbow Cay, located in Abaco. The area had a population of 458 in 2010. Golf carts are the main mode of ...
( Abaco) * Inagua *
Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
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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 ...
( Andros) *
Mayaguana Mayaguana (from Taíno language ''Mayaguana'', meaning "Lesser Midwestern Land") is the easternmost island and district of The Bahamas. Its population was 277 in the 2010 census. It has an area of about . About north of Great Inagua and southea ...
* Moore's Island ( Abaco) *
New Providence New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. It is the location of the national capital city of Nassau, whose boundaries are coincident with the island; it had a population of 246 ...
* North Abaco *
North Andros North Andros is one of the 31 districts of the Bahamas. It is also the largest district (in area) in the country. It has some of the largest settlements on Andros Island Andros Island is an archipelago within the Bahamas, the largest of the Ba ...
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North Eleuthera North Eleuthera is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the island of Eleuthera. It has a population (2010 census) of 3,247. The Bluff, Lower Bogue, Current and Upper Bogue are the main settlements. Sweetings Pond in North Central Eleuthe ...
* Ragged Island * Rum Cay *
San Salvador San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital i ...
* South Abaco *
South Andros South Andros is a district of the nation of the Bahamas. Geographically, South Andros is the southernmost third of the land mass colloquially called Andros, which includes the districts of North Andros, Central Andros, Mangrove Cay and South Andr ...
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South Eleuthera South Eleuthera is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the island of Eleuthera. The district had a population of 4,955 in 2010.Spanish Wells ( Eleuthera) *
West Grand Bahama West Grand Bahama is one of 31 districts of The Bahamas. The district covers the entire western portion of Grand Bahama island, excluding the city of Freeport, which forms its own district. Communities within West Grand Bahama include the settlem ...


Municipalities of the Bahamas

* Cities:
List of cities in the Bahamas This is a list of cities in the Bahamas. List The following table lists the city or town name, the geographic coordinates, the population at the 1990 census, an estimate of the population in 2009, and the island name. See also * Districts ...
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Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...
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Nassau Nassau may refer to: Places Bahamas *Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence Canada *Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792 *Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...


Demography of the Bahamas

Demographics of the Bahamas This is a demography of the population of The Bahamas including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Ninety percent of the Bahamian ...


Government and politics of the Bahamas

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Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
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parliamentary A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democracy, democratic government, governance of a sovereign state, state (or subordinate entity) where the Executive (government), executive derives its democratic legitimacy ...
representative democratic Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...
monarchy A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy) ...
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Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...
of the Bahamas:
Nassau Nassau may refer to: Places Bahamas *Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence Canada *Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792 *Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...
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Elections in the Bahamas Elections in The Bahamas take place in the framework of a parliamentary democracy. Since independence, voter turnout has been generally high in national elections, with a low of 87.9% in 1987 and a high of 98.5% in 1997. The current Prime Minister i ...
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Political parties in the Bahamas Political parties in the Bahamas may be "classified", "nonclassified", or "unclassified". Classified parties are "major" or "minor" depending on electoral performance and competitive ability. Parties represented in Parliament Classification of ...


Branches of the government of the Bahamas

Government of the Bahamas


Executive branch of the government of the Bahamas

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: Monarchy of the Bahamas *
Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...
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Prime Minister of the Bahamas The prime minister of the Bahamas is the head of government of the Bahamas. The prime minister is formally appointed into office by the governor-general of the Bahamas, who represents Charles III, the king of the Bahamas (the Bahamian head of s ...
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Philip Davis (Bahamian politician) Philip Edward "Brave" Davis (born 7 June 1951) is a Bahamian politician serving as the Prime Minister of the Bahamas since 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador since May 2002. Davis was Dep ...
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Perry Christie Perry Gladstone Christie PC, MP (born 21 August 1943) is a Bahamian former politician who served as Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 2002 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2017. He is the second longest-serving Bahamian elected parliamentarian (behi ...
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Hubert Ingraham The Right Honourable Hubert Alexander Ingraham, PC (born 4 August 1947) is a Bahamian politician who was Prime Minister of the Bahamas from August 1992 to May 2002 and again from May 2007 to May 2012. He is a member of the Free National Moveme ...
** Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling ** Roland Theodore Symonette *
Cabinet of the Bahamas The Cabinet constitutes the executive branch and has general direction and control of the Government of The Bahamas. It is necessary for the Cabinet to comprise at least nine Minister (government), Ministers inclusive of the Heads of Government of ...


Legislative branch of the government of the Bahamas

* Parliament of the Bahamas (
bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single grou ...
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Upper house An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smalle ...
: Senate of the Bahamas **
Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...
: House of Assembly of the Bahamas


Judicial branch of the government of the Bahamas

Court system of the Bahamas *
Supreme Court of the Bahamas The Supreme Court of the Bahamas is the third highest court in the adjudicative hierarchy of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The court was created by Article 93(1) of the Constitution. Before that, the Supreme Court was governed by the Supreme ...


Foreign relations of the Bahamas

Foreign relations of the Bahamas The Bahamas has a strong bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom, represented by a High Commissioner in London. The Bahamas also associates closely with other nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The Bahamas became a member of t ...
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Diplomatic missions in the Bahamas Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...
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Diplomatic missions of the Bahamas This is a list of diplomatic missions of the Bahamas. The Bahamas has a very small number of diplomatic missions, as listed below (excluding honorary consulates). America * ** Ottawa (High Commission) * ** Havana (Embassy) * ** Port-au-Prince ( ...
* United States-the Bahamas relations


International organization membership

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is a member of: * African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) *
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean The OPANAL (which stands for el Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe) is an international organization which promotes a non-aggression pact and nuclear disarmament in much of the Americas. In Eng ...
(OPANAL) *
Caribbean Community and Common Market The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econom ...
(Caricom) * Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) *
Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the Co ...
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Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
(FAO) *
Group of 77 The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of 134 developing countries, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 fou ...
(G77) *
Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribb ...
(IADB) *
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...
(IBRD) *
International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international sc ...
(ICAO) * International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) *
International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals ...
(ICCt) (signatory) *
International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...
(Interpol) *
International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...
(IDA) *
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...
(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) *
International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; french: link=no, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address ...
(IFAD) *
International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...
(ILO) *
International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...
(IMO) *
International Mobile Satellite Organization The International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites. Some of these services concern: ...
(IMSO) *
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...
(IMF) *
International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
(IOC) *
International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. The IOM was ...
(IOM) *
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, an ...
(ICRM) *
International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...
(ITU) *
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat, which was privatized in 2001. It incorporates the principle set forth i ...
(ITSO) *
Latin American Economic System The Latin American and the Caribbean Economic System, officially known as Sistema Económico Latinoamericano y del Caribe (SELA), is an organization founded in 1975 to promote economic cooperation and social development between Latin American and th ...
(LAES) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) *
Nonaligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The movement originated in the aftermath ...
(NAM) *
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member ...
(OPCW) (signatory) *
Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...
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United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations Secretariat that promotes the interests of developing countries in world trade. It was established in 1964 by the ...
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in e ...
(UNIDO) *
Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to t ...
(UPU) * World Customs Organization (WCO) *
World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established in 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation of ...
(WFTU) *
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...
(WHO) *
World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, 15 specialized agencies of the United Nation ...
(WIPO) *
World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics. The WMO originated from the Internati ...
(WMO) *
World Tourism Organization The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations specialized agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. UNWTO is the leading internati ...
(UNWTO) *
World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...
(WTO) (observer)


Law and order in the Bahamas

Law of the Bahamas The basis of the Bahamian Law and legal system lies within the English Common Law tradition. Justices of the Supreme Court, Registrars and Magistrates are all appointed by The Governor-General acting on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Servi ...
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Constitution of the Bahamas A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When these princi ...
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Crime in the Bahamas In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Can ...
* Human rights in the Bahamas **
LGBT rights in the Bahamas Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the Bahamas have limited legal protections. While same-sex sexual activity is legal in the Bahamas, there are no laws that address discrimination or harassment on the account of sexual orien ...
** Freedom of religion in the Bahamas * Law enforcement in the Bahamas


Military of the Bahamas

Military of the Bahamas The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) is the military of The Bahamas. Since The Bahamas does not have an army or an air force, its navy composes the entirety of its armed forces. Under The Defence Act, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has been m ...
* Command ** Commander-in-chief *** Ministry of National Security of the Bahamas * Forces ** Army of the Bahamas ** Navy of the Bahamas ** Air Force of the Bahamas ** Special forces of the Bahamas * Military history of the Bahamas * Military ranks of the Bahamas


Local government in the Bahamas

Local government in the Bahamas


History of the Bahamas

History of the Bahamas * Battle of Nassau *
Colonial Heads of the Bahamas This is a list of governors of the Bahamas. The first English settlement in the Bahamas was on Eleuthera. In 1670, the king granted the Bahamas to the lords proprietors of the Province of Carolina, but the islands were left to themselves. The loc ...
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Fresh Creek Fresh Creek was a district of the Bahamas before 1996. It consisted of the central portion of the island of Andros. The population (1995) was 2,576. New districts were created on Andros in 1996. Fresh Creek district was roughly replaced by Centr ...
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Guanahani Guanahaní is an island in the Bahamas that was the first land in the New World sighted and visited by Christopher Columbus' first voyage, on 12 October 1492. It is a bean-shaped island that Columbus changed from its native Taíno name to San Sa ...
* Kemps Bay * Nichollstown and Berry Islands * Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas *
San Salvador and Rum Cay San Salvador and Rum Cay is a former district of the Bahamas. The Main settlement in Rum Cay is Port Nelson. In 1996 it was divided into separate districts of San Salvador and Rum Cay Rum Cay (formerly known as Mamana and Santa Maria de la Con ...


Hurricanes in the Bahamas

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Nassau Hurricane of 1926 The 1926 Nassau hurricane also known as the San Liborio hurricane or The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1926, in Puerto Rico, was a destructive Category 4 hurricane that affected the Bahamas at peak intensity. Although it weakened considerably befor ...
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1926 Miami Hurricane The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was a large and intense tropical cyclone that devastated the Greater Miami area and caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and the U.S. Gulf Coast in September of the year 1926, accruing a US$100 mill ...
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1928 Okeechobee Hurricane The Okeechobee hurricane of 1928, also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane, was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the recorded history of the North Atlantic basin, and the fourth deadliest hurricane in the United States, only behind the ...
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1929 Florida Hurricane The 1929 Bahamas hurricane (also known as the Great Andros Island Hurricane) was a high-end Category 4 tropical cyclone whose intensity and slow forward speed led to catastrophic damage in the Bahamas in September 1929, particularly on An ...
* 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane *
Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Andrew was a very powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged ...
* Bahamas-Nantucket Hurricane of 1932 *
Hurricane Betsy (1956) Hurricane Betsy, known as Hurricane Santa Clara in Puerto Rico, was the first North Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in Puerto Rico in 24 years. The third tropical cyclone of the 1956 Atlantic hurricane season, Betsy developed from a tro ...
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Hurricane Betsy Hurricane Betsy was an intense and destructive tropical cyclone that brought widespread damage to areas of Florida and the central United States Gulf Coast in September 1965. The storm's erratic nature, coupled with its intensity and minim ...
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Hurricane David Hurricane David was an extremely deadly hurricane which caused massive loss of life in the Dominican Republic in August 1979, and was the most intense hurricane to make landfall in the country in recorded history. A Cape Verde hurricane that rea ...
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Hurricane Gracie Hurricane Gracie was a major hurricane that formed in September 1959, the strongest during the 1959 Atlantic hurricane season and the most intense to strike the United States since Hurricane Hazel in 1954. National Hurricane CenterPreliminary Re ...
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Hurricane Hortense Hurricane Hortense was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico since Hurricane Hugo in 1989, and the second most intense hurricane during the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. The eighth tropical cyclone, eighth na ...
* Hurricane Inez * Hurricane Lili (1996) * Hurricane Floyd *
Hurricane Irene (2011) Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 A ...
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Hurricane Sandy (2012) Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as ''Superstorm Sandy'') was an extremely destructive and strong Atlantic hurricane, as well as the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds spann ...
* Hurricane Dorian (2019)


Culture of the Bahamas

Culture of the Bahamas * Architecture of the Bahamas **
Lighthouses in The Bahamas A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...
* Cuisine of the Bahamas * Festivals in the Bahamas * Gambling in the Bahamas ** Casinos in the Bahamas ** Atlantis Paradise Island **
Baha Mar Baha Mar is a resort complex on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas. Owned by Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, the establishment opened in April 2017. The amenities include three hotels (a Grand Hyatt, SLS Baha Mar, and the Ros ...
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Languages of the Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
* Media in the Bahamas **
List of newspapers in the Bahamas This is a list of newspapers in the Bahamas. Newspapers *''Abaconian'', Marsh Harbour, Abaco *''The Bahama Journal'' - Nassau, New Providence *''Bahamas National'' *''Bahamas News Ma Bey'', founded in 2009, headquarters located in Orlando, Flo ...
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National symbols of the Bahamas National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...
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Coat of arms of the Bahamas The coat of arms of the Bahamas contains a shield with the national symbols as its focal point. Official description The blazon of the coat of arms is described in Bahamas law: Arms: Upon a representation of the Santa Maria on a base barry wa ...
** Flag of the Bahamas ** National anthem of the Bahamas: March On, Bahamaland * People of the Bahamas *
Public holidays in the Bahamas The holidays in The Bahamas include the following: In the Bahamas, holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday are typically celebrated on the following Monday. Events that fall on a Tuesday typically are celebrated on the previous Monday. Holiday ...
* Records of the Bahamas * Religion in the Bahamas ** Christianity in the Bahamas *** Catholicism in the Bahamas ****
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau ( la, Archidioecesis Nassaviensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The archdiocese encompasses the islands of the former British dependency of the Bahamas. The ...
** Hinduism in the Bahamas ** Islam in the Bahamas ** Judaism in the Bahamas ** Sikhism in the Bahamas * Scouting in the Bahamas **
The Scout Association of the Bahamas Scouting in The Bahamas began in 1912. For the history of Scouting in the Bahamas generally see Scouting in the Bahamas. The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom first registered a Bahamas troop of Boy Scouts on 19 March 1913 and formed ...
* World Heritage Sites in the Bahamas: None


Art in the Bahamas

* Art in the Bahamas * Cinema of the Bahamas * Literature of the Bahamas *
Music of the Bahamas The music of the Bahamas is associated primarily with Junkanoo, a celebration which occurs on Boxing Day and again on New Year's Day. Parades and other celebrations mark the ceremony. Groups like The Baha Men, Ronnie Butler and Kirkland B ...
** Baha Men ** Eric Gibson ** Junkanoo ** ''
Music of The Bahamas The music of the Bahamas is associated primarily with Junkanoo, a celebration which occurs on Boxing Day and again on New Year's Day. Parades and other celebrations mark the ceremony. Groups like The Baha Men, Ronnie Butler and Kirkland B ...
'' (docu-musical) **
Ripsaw music Ripsaw is a musical genre which originated in the Turks and Caicos Islands, specifically in the Middle and North Caicos. A very closely related variant, rake-and-scrape, is played in the Bahamas. Its most distinctive characteristic is the use of ...
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Television in the Bahamas Television in the Bahamas was introduced in 1977, though television broadcasts had already been available from the United States for several decades. The television stations in the Bahamas include: * ZNS-13, Nassau/ Freeport * JCN Channel 14 * Ou ...
* Theatre in the Bahamas


People of the Bahamas

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Milo Butler Sir Milo Boughton Butler (11 August 190622 January 1979) was a Bahamian politician who served as the second governor-general of the Bahamas from 1973 to 1979. He died in office aged 72. Early life and family Butler was born in Nassau, The Bah ...
* R.E. Cooper, Sr. (Baptist Clergy and Civil Rights Activist) *
Clifford Darling Sir Clifford Darling (6 February 1922 – 27 December 2011) was the fifth governor-general of the Bahamas from 2 January 1992 until his retirement on 2 January 1995, where he was succeeded by Sir Orville Turnquest. Life Darling, who was bor ...
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Arthur Hailey Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
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Arthur Dion Hanna Arthur Dion "A. D." Hanna (7 March 1928 – 3 August 2021) was a Bahamian politician who served as the eighth governor-general of the Bahamas from 2006 to 2012. Early life A. D. Hanna was born on 7 March 1928. His family moved to ''Hope Town' ...
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Viktor Kožený Viktor Kožený (born 28 June 1963 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a fugitive financier. According to Bloomberg News, he graduated from Harvard in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in economics. However, he cannot be located in the Harvard Alumni di ...
* Joe Lewis (British businessman) *
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 â€“ January 6, 2022) was an American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive ...
* Orville Alton Turnquest


Sport in the Bahamas

Sports in the Bahamas *
Bahamas at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The Bahamas is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising 25 sportspersons and xx officials. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Med ...


Bahamas at the Commonwealth Games

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Bahamas at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The Bahamas was represented at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff by one competitor, Tom Robinson, who won gold in the 200 yards dash and silver in the 100 yards dash. Nations at the 1958 British Empire and Commonweal ...
* Bahamas at the 2002 Commonwealth Games *
Bahamas at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The Bahamas is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising 25 sportspersons and xx officials. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Med ...


Football in the Bahamas

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Football in the Bahamas The sport of association football in the country of Bahamas is run by the Bahamas Football Association. The association administers the Bahamas national football team, the beach soccer teams and futsal. It is Part of the CONCACAF. Since 2021 the ...
* Bahamas Football Association * Bahamas national football team *
Gary White (footballer) Gary John White (born 25 July 1974) is an English Association football, football coach and former player. He managed Malaysia Super League club Kedah Darul Aman F.C., Kedah Darul Aman as a technical director. Early life White was born in Sout ...


=Bahamian football clubs

= * Bahamas Shrimp Wranglers * Freeport F.C. * Freeport Jet Wash Jets * Playtime Tigers * Quality Superstars * Town & Country Predators


=Bahamian football competitions

= * Grand Bahama Football League *
New Providence Football League The New Providence Football League was the highest form of football on the island of New Providence. Before 2008, the champion of the New Providence Football League would compete with the champion of the Grand Bahama Football League to determine th ...


=Football venues in the Bahamas

= * Grand Bahama Stadium *
Thomas Robinson Stadium Thomas Robinson Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The largest stadium in the country, it is currently used mostly for soccer matches. The stadium currently has a capacity of 15,000 people, but has the ability to be expanded ...


Bahamas at the Olympics

* The Bahamas at the Olympics * Bahamas at the 1956 Summer Olympics * Bahamas at the 1964 Summer Olympics *
Bahamas at the 1988 Summer Olympics The Bahamas competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field ev ...
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Bahamas at the 1992 Summer Olympics The Bahamas competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics ;Men ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events Sai ...
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Bahamas at the 1996 Summer Olympics The Bahamas competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It co ...
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Bahamas at the 2000 Summer Olympics The Bahamas competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Medalists Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events Swimming ;Men Tennis See also * Bahamas at the 1998 Central Ameri ...
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Bahamas at the 2004 Summer Olympics The Bahamas competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States boycott. The Baham ...


Economy and infrastructure of the Bahamas

Economy of the Bahamas The economy of The Bahamas is dependent upon tourism and offshore banking. The Bahamas is the richest country in the Caribbean and is ranked 14th in North America for nominal GDP. It is a stable, developing nation in the Lucayan Archipelago, wi ...
* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 132nd (one hundred and thirty second) * Agriculture in the Bahamas * Banking in the Bahamas **
Banknotes of the Bank of Nassau (Bahamas) Banknotes were prepared for, but not generally issued by the Bank of Nassau between the 1870s and 1906. The notes are actually quite rare remainder banknotes. The currency expressed is the Bahamian pound. First Issue (ND.) (c.1870s) *PA1. 5 Shil ...
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Central Bank of The Bahamas The Central Bank of The Bahamas is the reserve bank of The Bahamas based in the capital Nassau. The bank was established on 1 June 1974 but traces its origins to the currency board established in 1919. The bank carries out the independent monet ...
** National Bank of the Bahamas *
Communications in the Bahamas Telecommunications in the Bahamas is accomplished through the transmission of information by various types of technologies within The Bahamas, mainly telephones, radio, television, and the Internet. Status Internet censorship and surveillance ...
** Internet in the Bahamas ***
.bs .bs is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for the Bahamas. It is administered by the University of the Bahamas The University of The Bahamas (UB) is the national Public university, public institution of higher education in the C ...
Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all t ...
for the Bahamas ** Telephone communications in the Bahamas ***
Area code 242 Area code 242 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for The Bahamas. Area code 242 translates to the letter sequence ''BHA'' on an alpha-numeric keypad. The numbering plan area (NPA) was created in a split of area ...
** Postal service in the Bahamas *** Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas **** List of people on stamps of the Bahamas **
Television in the Bahamas Television in the Bahamas was introduced in 1977, though television broadcasts had already been available from the United States for several decades. The television stations in the Bahamas include: * ZNS-13, Nassau/ Freeport * JCN Channel 14 * Ou ...
*** List of television stations in the Bahamas by call sign * Companies of the Bahamas **
BaTelCo (Bahamas) BTC is the primary telecommunications provider for the Bahamas, headquartered in Nassau, New Providence. It is partly government owned and offers telephone, internet and wireless services. BTC is an initialism for the Bahamas Telecommunications ...
** Bahamas Electricity Corporation **
Bahamasair Bahamasair Holdings Limited is an airline headquartered in Nassau. It is the national airline I888-393-I394 of The Bahamas and operates scheduled services to 32 domestic and regional destinations in the Caribbean and the United States from its b ...
** Bahama Hand Prints * Currency of the Bahamas: Dollar ** Bahamian pound (historical) **
ISO 4217 ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual cu ...
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BSD The Berkeley Software Distribution or Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) is a discontinued operating system based on Research Unix, developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berk ...
* Energy in the Bahamas ** Energy policy of the Bahamas ** Oil industry in the Bahamas * Health care in the Bahamas * Mining in the Bahamas * Bahamas Stock Exchange * Trade unions of the Bahamas **
Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union is a trade union organizing employees in the tourism sector in The Bahamas. Leadership: *President: Darrin Woods *1st Vice President: *General Secretary: The union is affiliated to IUF The Inter ...
** Bahamas Taxi Cab Union ** Commonwealth of the Bahamas Trade Union Congress ** National Congress of Trade Unions * Tourism in the Bahamas ** Visa policy of Bahamas *
Transport in the Bahamas This article talks about transportation in the Bahamas, a North American archipelagic state in the Atlantic Ocean. Highways Approximately of road in the Bahamas is classified as highway. Of these, approximately are paved. Drivers drive on the l ...
** Air transport in the Bahamas *** Airlines of the Bahamas ****
Bahamasair Bahamasair Holdings Limited is an airline headquartered in Nassau. It is the national airline I888-393-I394 of The Bahamas and operates scheduled services to 32 domestic and regional destinations in the Caribbean and the United States from its b ...
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Western Air Western Air is a privately owned airline in The Bahamas established in 2001. Western Air is headquartered at the San Andros International Airport on Andros Island, Bahamas. The airline conducts a minimum of 40 flights daily throughout the Bahama ...
**** Sky Bahamas ****
Pineapple Air Pineapple Air is an airline based in Nassau, Bahamas. The airline operates scheduled flights within the Bahamas (Nassau, North Eleuthera, Governor's Harbour, Rocksound, Crooked Island, Acklins, Deadman's Cay, and Stella Maris). Pineapple Air ...
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Southern Air Charter Southern Air Charter is an airline and air charter company, operating in the Bahamas. They mainly fly air charters, but the airline does offer some scheduled inter-island services between destinations in the Bahamas. Fleet * Beechcraft 1900, ...
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LeAir LeAir Charter Services Ltd. is a small regional airline based in Nassau, Bahamas, at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA). The company was founded in 1996. The airline operates scheduled flights within the Bahamas (Nassau, Andros Town ...
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Cat Island Air The cat (''Felis catus'') is a Domestication of the cat, domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it ...
*** Airports in the Bahamas ****
Exuma International Airport Exuma International Airport is a public airport serving the island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas. It is located near Moss Town, northwest of George Town. The airport services mainly light aircraft and regional jets from the United States and T ...
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Grand Bahama International Airport Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA) is an international airport in Freeport, Bahamas. It was privately owned until the government of the Bahamas purchased it in April 2021. The airport was a joint venture between Hutchison Port Holding ...
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Lynden Pindling International Airport Lynden Pindling International Airport , formerly known as Nassau International Airport, is the largest airport in the Bahamas and the largest international gateway into the country. It is a major hub for Bahamasair, Western Air, and Pineapple ...
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San Salvador Airport San Salvador Airport , also known as Cockburn Town Airport, is an airport in San Salvador, Bahamas. Overview San Salvador International Airport is one of the few airports in the Bahamas that has Instrument rating landing for aeroplanes, and a ...
** Rail transport in the Bahamas ** Roads in the Bahamas * Water supply and sanitation in the Bahamas


Education in the Bahamas

Education in the Bahamas Education in the Bahamas is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 16. As of 2003, the school attendance rate was 92% and the literacy rate was 95.5%.College of the Bahamas A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering ...
* University of the Bahamas


Specific Bahamian people

List of Bahamians This is a list of Bahamians, who are identified with The Bahamas through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability. Business people * Pauline Allen-Dean first woman to become manager of a commer ...
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Milo Butler Sir Milo Boughton Butler (11 August 190622 January 1979) was a Bahamian politician who served as the second governor-general of the Bahamas from 1973 to 1979. He died in office aged 72. Early life and family Butler was born in Nassau, The Bah ...
* R.E. Cooper, Sr. (Baptist Clergy and Civil Rights Activist) *
Clifford Darling Sir Clifford Darling (6 February 1922 – 27 December 2011) was the fifth governor-general of the Bahamas from 2 January 1992 until his retirement on 2 January 1995, where he was succeeded by Sir Orville Turnquest. Life Darling, who was bor ...
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Arthur Hailey Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
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Arthur Dion Hanna Arthur Dion "A. D." Hanna (7 March 1928 – 3 August 2021) was a Bahamian politician who served as the eighth governor-general of the Bahamas from 2006 to 2012. Early life A. D. Hanna was born on 7 March 1928. His family moved to ''Hope Town' ...
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Viktor Kožený Viktor Kožený (born 28 June 1963 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a fugitive financier. According to Bloomberg News, he graduated from Harvard in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in economics. However, he cannot be located in the Harvard Alumni di ...
* Joe Lewis (British businessman) *
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 â€“ January 6, 2022) was an American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive ...
* Orville Alton Turnquest


Bahamian musicians

* List of Bahamian musicians *
Sebastian Bach Sebastian Philip Bierk (born April 3, 1968), known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian-American singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. He has acted on Broadway and ha ...
* Baha Men * Eric Gibson * Joseph Spence


Bahamian politicians

* Ivy Dumont *
Earl Hall Earl Hall is a building on the campus of Columbia University. Built in 1900–1902 and designed by McKim, Mead & White, the building serves as a center for student religious life. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The ...
* List of Governors-General of the Bahamas * Stafford Sands * Robert Sweeting *
Brent Symonette Theodore Brent Symonette (born 2 December 1954) is a Bahamian businessman and Free National Movement politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Anne's from 2007 to 2012 and 2017 to 2021. In his first term, he served as Deputy Prime ...


Bahamian sportspeople


Bahamian athletes (track and field)

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Christine Amertil Christine Amertil (born 18 August 1979 in Nassau, New Providence) is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres. She graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University. Achievements * 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – bronze me ...
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Chris Brown Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. According to '' Billboard'', Brown is one of the most successful R&B singers of his generation, having often been referred to by many contempo ...
* Eldece Clarke-Lewis *
Aaron Cleare Aaron Cleare (born 31 January 1983) is a Bahamian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. He was a member of the Bahamian 4 x 400 metres relay team that finished 6th in the 2004 Olympics. He went to college at Dickinson State Universit ...
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Dennis Darling Dennis Darling (born 6 May 1975 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. He is currently track and field Assistant Coach at Texas Christian University. Darling competed in 400 metres at the 1997 ...
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Pauline Davis-Thompson Pauline Elaine Davis-Thompson (born 9 July 1966) is a former Bahamian sprinter. She competed at five Olympics, a rarity for a track and field athlete. She won her first medal at her fourth Olympics and her first gold medals at her fifth Oly ...
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Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte (born 22 February 1978 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a retired track and field sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Demeritte was coached some part of his professional career by Henry Rolle. Career He became indoor world ch ...
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Laverne Eve Laverne Eve (born 16 June 1965, in Nassau) is a female track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw (new javelin) is 63.73 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Nashville. In her early career s ...
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Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (born 16 January 1976) is a former Bahamian sprint athlete who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. Ferguson-McKenzie participated in five Olympi ...
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Savatheda Fynes Savatheda Fynes (born October 17, 1974) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Bahamas. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race. Some sources spell her first name "Sevatheda." Career She gr ...
* Craig Hepburn *
Troy Kemp Troy Kemp (born June 18, 1966) is a former high jumper from the Bahamas who won the gold medal at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. His personal best was 2.38m in Nice 1995. He Attended Boise State University Boise State Univer ...
* Troy McIntosh * Nathaniel McKinney *
Avard Moncur Avard Moncur (born November 2, 1978) is a Bahamian track and field athlete competing in the 400 metres. He was born in Nassau. Career Under the guidance of coach Henry Rolle, Moncur's most successful year came in 2001 when he won the gold med ...
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Frank Rutherford Frank Garfield Rutherford, Jr. MBE (born November 23, 1964) is a retired triple jumper from the Bahamas. He competed in three Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal in 1992, becoming the first Bahamian Track and Field Olympic medalist. He now run ...
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Leevan Sands Leevan Sands (born August 16, 1981 Nassau) is a Bahamian triple jumper. His personal best jump is 17.59 metres, achieved in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. This is the current Bahamian record and won a bronze medal. He also won bronze medals ...
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Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup (born September 12, 1971) is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete. Career She is a 100m specialist and the Bahamian record holder for the women's 100m with a personal best ...
* Andrae Williams * Tonique Williams-Darling


Bahamian basketball players

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Deandre Ayton Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017†...
* Rick Fox * Trevor Harvey * Buddy Hield * Mychal Thompson


Bahamian American football players

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Devard Darling Devard Loran Darling (born April 16, 1982) is a former Bahamian-American wide receiver of American football. After playing college football at Florida State University and Washington State, he was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the third r ...
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Alex Smith Alexander Douglas Smith (born May 7, 1984) is an American former quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He played college football at Utah, where he received first-team All-American honors and won the 20 ...
, son of Ed Smith * Ed Smith, first Bahamian to play in the NFL


Olympic competitors for the Bahamas

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Chris Brown Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. According to '' Billboard'', Brown is one of the most successful R&B singers of his generation, having often been referred to by many contempo ...
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Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte (born 22 February 1978 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a retired track and field sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Demeritte was coached some part of his professional career by Henry Rolle. Career He became indoor world ch ...
* Craig Hepburn *
Troy Kemp Troy Kemp (born June 18, 1966) is a former high jumper from the Bahamas who won the gold medal at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. His personal best was 2.38m in Nice 1995. He Attended Boise State University Boise State Univer ...
* Troy McIntosh *
Avard Moncur Avard Moncur (born November 2, 1978) is a Bahamian track and field athlete competing in the 400 metres. He was born in Nassau. Career Under the guidance of coach Henry Rolle, Moncur's most successful year came in 2001 when he won the gold med ...
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Frank Rutherford Frank Garfield Rutherford, Jr. MBE (born November 23, 1964) is a retired triple jumper from the Bahamas. He competed in three Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal in 1992, becoming the first Bahamian Track and Field Olympic medalist. He now run ...


Bahamian tennis players

* Mark Knowles * Roger Smith (tennis player)


See also

* '' Bibliography of the Bahamas'' *''
Index of Bahamas-related articles Index (or its plural form indices) may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Index (''A Certain Magical Index''), a character in the light novel series ''A Certain Magical Index'' * The Index, an item on a Halo megastru ...
'' * * * * * List of international rankings *
Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states. Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies. No one government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a po ...
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Member state of the United Nations The United Nations member states are the sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. The criteria ...
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Outline of geography The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography: Geography – study of earth and its people. Nature of geography Geography as * an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to − ...
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Outline of North America The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to North America. North America is a continent in the Earth's Northern and Western Hemispheres. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North At ...


References


External links

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The Official Tourism Website of The Islands Of The Bahamas

Official website for Bahamas government
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Bahamas Financial Services Board

The Association of International Banks & Trust Companies in The Bahamas

The Bahamas Constitution

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