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Although the country's greenhouse gas emissions are comparatively small (2.94 million tonnes of green house gases emitted in 2023), [22] the Bahamas is reliant on imported fossil fuels for energy generation. [23] The government plans to increase solar energy capacity to 30% of the country's total energy production by 2033. [24]
As of April 2023, the preliminary results of the 2022 census of the Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for New Providence, 74.26% of the country's population. [4] Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. [5] It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country.
The name Bahamas is derived from the Lucayan name Bahama ('large upper middle island'), used by the Indigenous Taíno people for the island of Grand Bahama. [20] [21] Tourist guides often state that the name comes from the Spanish baja mar ('shallow sea'). Wolfgang Ahrens of York University argues that this is a folk etymology. [20]
Enlargeable, detailed map of New Providence. New Providence is the most populous island in The Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. [2] On the eastern side of the island is the national capital city of Nassau; it had a population of 246,329 at the 2010 Census, and a population of 292,522 at the 2022 census.
Juan de la Cosa's first map of the New World, printed in 1500, shows the Abaco Islands with the name Habacoa. The Peter Martyr map, in the first edition of De Orbe Novo in 1511, shows the Bahamas' islands but does not name them. The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León landed on Abaco in 1513. The Turin map of 1523 clearly shows Abaco, then ...
Map of Bahamas. Long Island is an island in The Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. [3] It is one of the Districts of the Bahamas and is known as the most scenic island in the Bahamas. Its capital is Clarence Town. The population of Long Island is 3,094 inhabitants. [4]
The U.S. embassy in the Bahamas has released a security warning and travel advisory that the island nation is currently unsafe for tourists amidst 18 murders — “primarily” motivated by gang ...
The Bahamas. List of islands of the Bahamas by total area; Geography of the Bahamas; Districts of the Bahamas; List of cities in the Bahamas; List of Bahamas-related topics; Lucayan Archipelago; List of islands by area; List of islands by highest point; List of islands by population; List of islands in lakes