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U.S. Ambassador John D. Rood reading to students at Woodcock Primary School in Nassau. Education in the Bahamas is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 16. [1] As of 2003, the school attendance rate was 92% and the literacy rate was 95.5%. [1] The government fully operates 158 of the 210 primary and secondary schools in the Bahamas. [1]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Nassau 172,196 238,132 New Providence ... Bahamas City 500 3,827 Grand Bahama ...
Nassau had a population of 128,420 females and 117,909 males and was home to 70,222 households with an average family size of 3.5 according to the 2010 census. [19] Nassau's large population in relation to the remainder of the Bahamas is the result of waves of immigration from the Family Islands to the capital. Consequently, this has led to the ...
The modern system of local government that is in use today was created by the 8 March 1996. The Out Islands of the country could now enjoy a somewhat greater degree of autonomy, but New Providence Island, in which the capital city Nassau is located, was to be directly governed by the central government. The Act defines the form of government in ...
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The Bahamas map of Köppen climate classification. The climate of the Bahama islands is mostly tropical savanna , with two seasons, a hot and wet summer (wet season) and dry winter (dry season). During the wet season, which extends from May through October, the climate is dominated by warm, moist tropical air masses [ 1 ] as the Bermuda High ...
Government High School became the Bahamas' first state school when it opened on 27 April 1925, [1] providing for the education of blacks and girls who had been excluded from the colony's private schools. [4] The school was established as a result of concerted public lobbying. [5]
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