Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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
The Bahamas are a group of about 700 islands and cays in the western Atlantic Ocean, of which only between 30 and 40 are inhabited. The largest of the islands is Andros Island, located north of Cuba and 200 kilometres (120 miles) southeast of Florida. The Bimini islands are to its northwest.
City/Town Coordinates Pop. 1990 (census) Pop. 2009 (est.) [1] Island Nassau: 172,196 238,132 New Providence: Freeport: 35,650 47,085 Grand Bahama: West End
Name Area (km 2) [1] Area (sq mi) 1 North Andros: 3,439 1,328 2 Great Inagua: 1,615 596 3 South Andros: 1,448 559 4 Great Abaco: 1,146 442 5 Grand Bahama: 1,096 423 6 Long Island, Bahamas: 538 230 7 Acklins: 508 196 8 Eleuthera: 457 176 9 Cat Island: 387 150 10 Mayaguana: 293 110 11 Crooked Island, Bahamas: 282 93 12 New Providence: 228 80 13 ...
The Bahamas (/ bəˈhɑːməz / ⓘ bə-HAH-məz), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, [13] is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and 88% of its population. The archipelagic country consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the ...
ISO code. BS-EG. BS-FP. BS-WG. Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of The Bahamas, with the town of West End located 56 nautical miles (64 mi; 104 km) east of Palm Beach, Florida. [2] It is the third largest island in The Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to The Bahamas: Commonwealth of The Bahamas – sovereign island country comprising an archipelago of seven hundred islands and two thousand cays. [1] The Bahamas are located in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida and the United States, north of Cuba, the island of ...
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.