OFFICIAL NAME: The Commonwealth of the Bahamas CAPITAL: Nassau SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy AREA: 13,935 Sq Km (5,380 Sq Mi) ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION 291,800 LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: The Bahamas is a series of long flat coralline limestone islands in the West Atlantic Ocean. There are nearly 700 islands and over 2,000 cays in the archipelago, of which only about 40 islands are inhabited. These islands comprise two oceanic banks, (1.) the Bahama Bank a ...

Africa | Antarctica | Arctic | Asia | Australia/Oceania | Caribbean | Central America | Europe | Islands of the World Middle East | North America | South America | World Atlas | WIN $100 here Details The Bahamas, a wide-spread archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean located off the eastern coastlines of Florida and Cuba, includes over 700 islands, along with dozens of cays and hidden coves. Columbus first sighted these islands in 1492, and at that time they were the established ...

. . |2000 INDEX| 1999 INDEX 1996 INDEX Introduction Geography Population Government Economy Communicat's Transportation Military Transnational Issues Maps Flags . Feedback =========== [TOP] Bahamas, The Geography 2000 Location: Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida Geographic coordinates: 24 15 N, 76 00 W Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total ...

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Skip Navigation Links Caribbean | North America | World Country (long form)Commonwealth of The Bahamas CapitalNassau Total Area5,382.26 sq mi 13,940.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Connecticut) Population297,852 (July 2001 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distrib ...

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