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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]
The national flag of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas consists of a black triangle situated at the hoist with three horizontal bands: aquamarine, gold and aquamarine. Adopted in 1973 to replace the British Blue Ensign defaced with the emblem of the Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands , it has been the flag of the Bahamas since the country gained ...
The districts of the Bahamas provide a system of local government everywhere except New Providence (which holds 70 per cent of the national population), whose affairs are handled directly by the central government. In 1996, the Bahamian Parliament passed the "Local Government Act" to facilitate the establishment of family island administrators ...
Economy of the Bahamas. Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 132nd (one hundred and thirty second) Agriculture in the Bahamas; Banking in the Bahamas. Banknotes of the Bank of Nassau (Bahamas) Central Bank of The Bahamas; National Bank of the Bahamas; Communications in the Bahamas. Internet in the Bahamas.bs Internet country code top-level ...
The flag was first flown on 4 July 1984 in Nassau, The Bahamas at the fifth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. [72] The flag features a blue background, but the upper part is a light blue representing sky and the lower, a darker blue representing the Caribbean Sea.
Economic history of the Bahamas (1 C) I. Industry in the Bahamas (2 C, 1 P) Infrastructure in the Bahamas (1 C) S. Science and technology in the Bahamas (4 C)
A British Red Ensign with the Badge of the Bahamas islands. 1869–1904: Flag of the governor of the Bahamas Islands: A British Union Flag with the Badge of the Bahamas Islands. 1904–1923: Flag of the Crown Colony of the Bahamas Islands: A British Blue Ensign with the Badge of the Bahamas Islands. Note: change in the design of the crown ...
The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) was an English-speaking economic trade organisation. It organised on 1 May 1968, to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean. The agreements establishing it came following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation, which lasted from 1958 to 1962.