Bahamas March 21, 2020 Americas , Andros , Antilles , Archipel des Lucayes , archipelago , Atlantic Ocean , Bahamas , Bahamas Banks , Bancs des Bahamas , British colony , Caribbean , Caribbean Sea , Christopher Colombus , colony , Commonwealth des Bahamas , Commonwealth of the Bahamas , Detroit , drug trafficking , drugs , Eleuthera , finance , fiscal paradise , Freeport , Greater Antilles , Gulf Stream , îles Abacos , îles Bimini , îles Lucayes , islands , Lucayes , luxury , Matthew , Nassau , New Providence , ouragan Matthew , tourism , traffic , Triangle des Bermudes Official name Commonwealth of The Bahamas Name in local language Commonwealth of the Bahamas (en) Continent Americas Subcontinent Caribbean Population (ranking: 182e ) 399,421 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 0.83 % / year Area 13,962 km² Density 28.61 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 146e )12.162 billions $USD (2017) GDP/capita (ranking ) 31,858 $USD (2017) GDP growth 1.40 % / year (2017) Life expectancy (ranking ) 73.80 years (2018) Birth rate 10.70 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 1.42 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 6.30 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 17.20 ‰ (2017) Literacy rate 99.00 % (2016) Official languages English (Creole widely spoken) Currency Bahamian dollar ($ BSD) HDI (ranking: 85e )0.805 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )54.99 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Head of State Queen Elizabeth II ; Governor-General Cornelius A. Smith National Day 10 July (independence of 1973) ISO Codes BS, BHS Demonym Bahamian Tourists (ranking ) 6,135,839 people (2017)
The Bahamas is a state located north of the Caribbean Sea. The archipelago occupies about 700 islands of Lucayes Islands located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida in the United States , north of Cuba and Haiti , and north-west of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Its capital is Nassau, located on the island of New Providence.
Island in the Bahamas Bahamas – Medellin cartel drug traffickers plane wreck. The plane crashed on November 15, 1980 near the island of Exumas. Photo: Bjorn Moerman Bahamas – Andros : water hole. Photo: Ty Sawyer Nassau, capitale of the Bahamas Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Nassau 288,978 inhabitants Freeport 59,642 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Districts Population Area Abaco Centrale 9,196 inhabitants 670 km² Abaco Nord 9,578 inhabitants 670 km² Abaco Sud 7,646 inhabitants 669 km² Acklins 565 inhabitants 389 km² Andros Centrale 7,386 inhabitants 5,957 km² Andros Nord 3,898 inhabitants 1,490 km² Andros Sud 3,592 inhabitants 1,489 km² Berry 807 inhabitants 78 km² Bimini 1,988 inhabitants 23 km² Black Point 414 inhabitants 10 km² Cat 1,522 inhabitants 388 km² Crooked 330 inhabitants 148 km² Eleuthera Centrale 2,608 inhabitants 161 km² Eleuthera Nord 2,609 inhabitants 162 km² Eleuthera Sud 2,608 inhabitants 161 km² Exumas 6,928 inhabitants 250 km² Freeport 45,945 inhabitants 558 km² Grand Bahama Est 2,905 inhabitants 408 km² Grand Bahama Ouest 2,906 inhabitants 408 km² Grand Cay 383 inhabitants 10 km² Harbour 1,762 inhabitants 4 km² Hope Town 458 inhabitants 10 km² Inagua 913 inhabitants 1,679 km² Long Island 3,094 inhabitants 596 km² Mangrove Cay 892 inhabitants 1,489 km²
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