Explore Bahamas in 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 Nassau (Capital)

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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 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 country consists of 21 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Bahamas

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Bahamas Tourism

Demographic Information

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Bahamas is growing at an rate of 0.94% (or by 2,906 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.94%. Or an total increase of 2,906 citizens.

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.