Bahamas Country Info - North America

Description and Basic Information

Bahamas with its capital Nassau is located in North America (Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 13,941 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Connecticut) with 301,790 citizens. English is the language spoken by people in Bahamas.

The Bahamas (or The Bahama Islands) is an archipelago consisting of many islands. There are about 2,000 islands if you include the cays which are small islands that are formed on coral reefs. The word Bahamas is of Spanish decent and means Shallow Water. Several cruise lines operate private island retreats in the Bahamas. Disney Cruise Line owns Castaway Cay, Norweigan Cruise Line owns Great Stirrup Cay, Princess Cruise Line owns Little Stirrup Cay, and Royal Caribbean owns Coco Cay. To visit these islands you usually have to be a passenger on the cruise line that owns the island. Seeing as though the water is a big part of the Bahamas, it’s the perfect condition for water sports, kiteboarding, kayaking, deep-sea fishing, bonefishing, waverunners, island boat tours, wild dolphin excursions and even shark encounters. Averaging 80°F year-round, it’s like warm bath water. Bahamas' beaches are an attraction in itself but Bahamas is known for also possessing landmarks - explore them now.

Pictures from Capital (Nassau)

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About Bahamas

The terrain offers long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills. The average density of population is about 21 per km². The climate in Bahamas can be described as tropical marine with moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream. Possible natural disasters include hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage.

To reach someone in Bahamas dial +1-242 prior to a number. There are 129,000 installed telephones. And there are 358,800 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".bs". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 120V - 60Hz. The following list are the 21 regions/states in Bahamas we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Bahamian population grew at a rate of 0.94% (or by 2,906 citizens). With 2,139 deaths and 5,044 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.94%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Bahamas: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.