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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 Hispaniola and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British Overseas Territory of the Turks ...
Area (km²) Commonwealth realm or a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations Antigua and Barbuda: 93,000 440 km 2 (170 sq mi) Realm The Bahamas: 399,000 13,943 km 2 (5,383 sq mi) Realm Barbados: 282,000 439 km 2 (169 sq mi) Republic Belize [a] 411,000 22,966 km 2 (8,867 sq mi) Realm Dominica: 67,000 750 km 2 (290 sq mi) Republic Grenada: 117,000
The Bahamas (/ b ə ˈ h ɑː m ə z / ⓘ 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.
Caribmap is a non-profit online library of historical and modern maps, including topographic maps, of the Caribbean islands. [1] Since its establishment in 1999, the site has accumulated approximately 1800 maps of the islands that have been printed since the beginning of the 16th century [2] The purpose of the site is to allow users, such as historians and scientists, to gain detailed ...
The Lucayan Archipelago, also known as the Bahamian Archipelago, is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The archipelago is in the western North Atlantic Ocean, north of Cuba and the other Antillean Islands, and east and south-east of Florida.
A map of The Bahamas. The following is an alphabetical list of the islands and cays of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. [1] [2] [3 ... islands of the Bahamas by total ...
Local government in the Bahamas exists at two levels: 32 districts and 41 towns. The boundaries of districts are defined by the First Schedule of The Bahamas Local Government Act 1996 (as amended by law and declarations of the Minister responsible for Family Island Affairs), [1] [2] defined with reference to parliamentary constituency boundaries.
2.3 Caribbean Netherlands: 123 Mustique: 5.7 2.2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 124 Navassa Island: 5.2 2 United States (Claimed by Haiti) 125 Terre-de-Haut: 5.2 - Guadeloupe: 126 Isla Mujeres: 5.2 2 Mexico