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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Bahamas
- Time Zone:GMT/UTC -5
- Electricity: 120V 60Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Currency: Bahamian Dollar (B$)
- Country Dialing Code: 242
The Bahamas (Commonwealth of The Bahamas)
Location
Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba
Capital
Nassau
Population
301,790
Regions
21 districts; Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bimini, Cat Island, Exuma, Freeport, Fresh Creek, Governor's Harbour, Green Turtle Cay, Harbour Island, High Rock, Inagua, Kemps Bay, Long Island, Marsh Harbour, Mayaguana, New Providence, Nichollstown and Berry Islands, Ragged Island, Rock Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador and Rum Cay
Climate
tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream
Ethnic groups
black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%
Religions
Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census)
Languages
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
Government type
constitutional parliamentary democracy
Background
Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.
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