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In terms of gross domestic product per capita, the Bahamas is one of the richest countries in the Americas (following the United States and Canada), with an economy based on tourism and finance. [1] Tourism alone provides an estimated 45% of the gross domestic product (GDP) and employs about half the Bahamian workforce.
The Bahamian economy is almost entirely dependent on tourism and financial services to generate foreign exchange earnings. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Bahamas is approximately $5.7 billion with tourism accounting for 50%, financial services nearly 20% and the balance spread among retail and wholesale trade, fishing, light manufacturing and agriculture. [9]
Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James in Jamaica.The city is the fourth-largest urban area in the country by population, after Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore, all of which form the Greater Kingston Metropolitan Area, home to over half a million people. [1]
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Great Inagua is the second largest island in the Bahamas at 596 sq mi (1544 km 2) and lies about 55 miles (89 kilometres) from the eastern tip of Cuba.The island is about 55 by 19 mi (89 by 31 km) in extent and mostly flat with some sand hills, the highest points being East Hill at 132 ft (40 m), Salt Pond Hill at 102 ft (31 m), and James Hill at 90 ft (27 m). [4]
Barraterre Island; Barn Cay; Barracuda Island; Base Line Cay; Beach Cay; Beacon Cay; Beak Cay; Bell Cay (owned by the Aga Khan IV) Ben Cay; Berry Islands; Big Bersus Cay; Big Carters Cay; Big Cave Cay; Big Cay; Big Crab Cay; Big Cross Cay; Big Darby Island, a private island in the Exumas; Big Egg Island; Big Farmer's Cay; Big Fish Cay; Big ...
The culture of the islands is a mixture of African (Afro-Bahamians being the largest ethnicity), British and American due to historical family ties, migration of freed slaves from the United States to the Bahamas, and as the dominant country in the region and source of most tourists.
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 Exuma: 204 79 14 San Salvador Island: 162 63 15 Little Inagua: 126 49 16 Rum Cay: 85 30 17 Little Abaco: 78 30 18 Samana Cay: 39 [citation needed] 15 19 Ragged Island ...