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2. Grand Bahama - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. West End, Bahamas - Wikipedia

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   Area code. 242. West End (also referred to as "Settlement Point" [1][2]) is the oldest town and westernmost settlement on the Bahamian island of Grand Bahama. It is agreed by most academics and lawmakers that West End is the current capital of Grand Bahama, contrary to the popular belief that Freeport City is the capital of the island.

4. History of the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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   Freeport, on the island of Grand Bahama, was established as a free trade zone in the 1950s. Bank secrecy combined with the lack of corporate and income taxes led to a rapid growth in the offshore financial sector during the postwar years. Modern political development began after World War II. The first political parties were formed in the 1950s.

5. Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina - Wikipedia

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   The Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina, also known as the Xanadu Princess Resort & Marina, is a resort and marina on the island of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.Built in 1968, the resort was purchased by Howard Hughes in 1972 and was for several years the most celebrated resort in the Caribbean and served as a hideaway for the Hollywood jet set of the era.

6. 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 ...

7. Freeport, The Bahamas - Wikipedia

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   Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama of the northwest part of The Bahamas.In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrubland by the Bahamian government with a mandate to economically develop the area.