Bahama

Commonwealth of the Bahamas


Flag	Coat of arms

Motto: "Forward, Upward, Onward, Together"

Anthem: March On, Bahamaland

Royal anthem: God Save the Queen ^a

Location of The Bahamas

Capital
and largest city

Nassau
25°4′N 77°20′W / 25.067°N 77.333°W

Official languages

Recognised regional languages

Bahamian Creole

Ethnic groups (2016)

90.6% Black
4.7% White
2.1% Mixed
1.9% other

Unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy

• Governor-General

Dame Marguerite Pindling

• Prime Minister

Legislature

• Upper house

• Lower house

House of Assembly

• from the United Kingdom

10 July 1973

• Total

13,878 km² (5,358 sq mi) (160th)

• Water (%)

28%

• 2016 estimate

392,718 (177th)

• 2010 census

351,461

• Density

25.21/km² (65.3/sq mi) (181st)

GDP (PPP)

2016 estimate

• Total

$9.066 billion

• Per capita

$24,617

GDP (nominal)

2016 estimate

• Total

$9.047 billion

• Per capita

$24,567

Gini (2001)

57
high

HDI (2014)

0.790
high · 55th

Currency

Bahamian dollar (BSD)
(US dollars widely accepted)

Time zone

EST (UTC−5)

• Summer (DST)

EDT (UTC−4)

^ Also referred to as Bahamian dialect or Bahamianese

Coordinates: 24°15′N 76°00′W / 24.250°N 76.000°W / 24.250; -76.000

The Bahamas (ⁱ/bəˈhɑːməz/), known officially as the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago. It consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean and is located north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic); northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands; southeast of the US state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The designation of "the Bahamas" can refer either to the country or to the larger island chain that it shares with the Turks and Caicos Islands. As stated in the mandate/manifesto of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the Bahamas territory encompasses 470,000 km² (180,000 sq mi) of ocean space.

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