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2. Nassau, The Bahamas - Wikipedia

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   Nassau (/ ˈnæsɔː / NASS-aw) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. It is located on the island of New Providence, which had a population of 246,329 in 2010, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas. [2] As of April 2023, the preliminary results of the 2022 census of the Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for ...

3. Public holidays in the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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   New Year's Day. First day of the Gregorian calendar, celebrated with Junkanoo parades in most islands. [2] New Year's Eve sees many beach parties throughout the Bahamas. [3] January 10. Majority Rule Day. Commemorates the day the Bahamian government gained majority rule for the first time, on this day in 1967.

4. History of the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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   The earliest arrival of people in the islands now known as the Bahamas was in the first millennium AD. The first inhabitants of the islands were the Lucayans, an Arawakan language -speaking Taino people, who arrived between about 500 and 800 AD from other islands of the Caribbean. Recorded history began on 12 October 1492, when Christopher ...

5. Paradise Island - Wikipedia

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   Paradise Island is an island in The Bahamas formerly known as Hog Island. The island, with an area of 277 hectares (685 acres) [1] (2.8 km 2 /1.1 sq mi), is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau, which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of New Providence.

6. New Providence - Wikipedia

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   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. Nearly three quarters of The Bahamas's population lives in ...

7. The Bahamas - Wikipedia

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   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 ...