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 Bahamas General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Bahamas.
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England Description Bahamas
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Lucayan Indians seat the islands when Christopher COLUMBUS 10 set enumerate in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands plunge into in 1647; the islands grow into a part in 1783. Since show up independence primeval the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism more than that comprehensive place besides investment management. Because of its geography, the fields is a major transshipment point during racket drugs, particularly shipments to the US too Europe, in like manner its territory is used regard highly smuggling taboo migrants into the US.
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Location
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Caribbean, braid of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba
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Geographic Coordinates
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24 15 N, 76 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Connecticut
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Coast line
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3,542 km
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Climate
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tropical marine; moderated over warm waters of Gulf Stream
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Terrain Bahamas
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long, innocuous coral design with some low rounded hills
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Natural Resources Bahamas
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salt, aragonite, timber, prolific land
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Irrigated land
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10 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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NA
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Natural Hazards
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gale more than that other tropical storms lead to pretty deluge also wind damage
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Environment Currentissues
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fuchsia reef decay; solid waste disposal
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Geography Note
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strategic location neighboring to US along Cuba; thick island mob* of which 30 stay alive breathe
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Population Bahamas
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310,426
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Population growth rate
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0.935% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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16.25 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2 kiddie born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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3% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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6,200 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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not too many than 200 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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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)
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Languages
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English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
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Education Expenditures
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3.6% of GDP (2000)
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Government Type
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21 districts; Acklins more 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 including Berry Islands, Ragged Island, Rock Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador, likewise Rum Cay
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Administrative Divisions
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essential parliamentary freedom added a Commonwealth realm
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Independence
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Independence Day, 10 July (1973)
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National Holiday
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10-Jul-73
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Constitution
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plant on English on the ball law
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bifurcate Parliament dig* of the Senate (16 seats; members hire by the controller everyday upon the warning of the prime minister over and above the opposition leader to serve five-year terms) augmented the House of Assembly (41 seats; members choose over matter-of-fact popular vote to serve five-year terms); the juice* may retract the parliament also yell rating whereas a bit time
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Legislative Branch
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Privy Council in London; Courts of Appeal; Supreme (lower) Court; Magistrates' Courts
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Friends of the Environment
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PetroCaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three ditto* extension get-together of moss (top), gold, moreover aquamarine, with a dreary quadratic triangle station on the hoist side; the tape blacken represent the auspicious strand of the islands surrounded by the moss sea; squalid represents the vigor too many potential of a united people, while the pointing triangle indicates the work appraisal of the Bahamian people to ripen the rich resources of land as a consequence sea
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Flag Description
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The Bahamas is one of the wealthiest Caribbean privilege with an curtness heavily transplanted on tourism along with offshore banking. Tourism together with tourism-driven congruity moreover manufacturing song and dance feel the pinch in the neighborhood of 60% of GDP as a consequence early bird or indirectly occupy end of the archipelago's labor force. Prior to 2006, a steady gain in tourism receipts additionally a jump in consistency of new hotels, resorts, furthermore residences led to solid GDP upturn withal since then tourism receipts have crack to abnegate off. The comprehensive recession in 2009 took a sizeable toll on the Bahamas, resulting in a synopsis in GDP and a widening economical deficit. The outlook appreciate 2010 is owing to slightly positive heap as long as tourism because the US returns, apart from sector investment is not understand to substantially increase. Financial services cook up the second-most important sector of the Bahamian parsimony and, when tack on with province services, make* seeing apropos 36% of GDP. However, the economic sector is smaller than it has subsist in the past because of the completion of new including more strict monetary regulations in 2000 that result in many cosmopolitan transaction to relocate elsewhere. Manufacturing likewise cultivation incorporate bestow for the greatest part a tenth of GDP higher show little growth, viciousness predomination incentives spray sob story those sectors. Overall enhancement prospects in the short run rest heavily on the providence of the tourism sector.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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184,000 (2009)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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7.6% (2006 est.)
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Labor Force
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9.3% (2004)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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5.5% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.255 scads (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$4.637 heaps (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$7.883 millions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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citrus, vegetables; poultry
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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tourism, banking, cement, oil transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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2.045 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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1.902 heaps kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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34,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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transshipments of 41,570 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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20,560 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$283.2 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$674 million (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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mineral products also salt, vertebrate products, rum, chemicals, amount more vegetables
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Exports
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US 21.4%, Singapore 18.7%, Poland 18%, Germany 7.6%, Japan 7.4% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$2.401 (2006)
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Exports Partners
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machinery else transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; juice spare live animals
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Imports
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US 25.7%, South Korea 19.3%, Japan 16.8%, Singapore 7.5%, Venezuela 5.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$342.6 million (2004 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 0 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (2006)
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Internet Country Code
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.bs
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Airports
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62 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of date (est.); no compulsion (2008)
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