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| Commonwealth of the Bahamas | |||||
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| Motto: "Forward Upward Onward Together" | |||||
| Anthem: March On, Bahamaland Royal anthem: God Save the Queen | |||||
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| Capital (and largest city) | Nassau | ||||
| Official languages | English | ||||
| Government | Commonwealth | ||||
| - Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||
| - Governor-General | Arthur Dion Hanna | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Perry Christie | ||||
| Independence | from the United Kingdom | ||||
| - Self-governing | 1963 | ||||
| - Full independence | July 10, 1973 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 13,878 km² (160th) 5,358 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 28% | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - 2005 estimate | 323,0001 (177th) | ||||
| - 1990 census | 254,685 | ||||
| - Density | 23.27 /km² (181st) 60 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $6.524 billion (145th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $17,8432 (38th) | ||||
| HDI (2004) |  0.825 (high) (52nd2) | ||||
| Currency | Dollar (BSD) | ||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .bs | ||||
| Calling code | +1-242 | ||||
| 1 Estimates for this country 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 growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected. 2 United Nations, 2006. | |||||
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an English-speaking nation in the West Indies. An archipelago of 700 islands and cays, the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida and the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
G. Ben Thompson takes place March 14th in the Bahamas,who purchased the home for $900,000 which is now valued at a cool 10 million-go figure!
It's about time David Obey opt for a Tommy Bahama shirt and Speedo because the man is in need of serious vacation. Or perhaps he should take his own advice and relax with a nice baggy of "something illegal"
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Anna Nicole Smith was kissed goodbye by her lover Howard K. Stern kissed at her funeral.The former Playboy Playmate was laid to rest in a lavish pink-themed ceremony in the Bahamas on Friday (03.02.07).
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