The Bahamas

Commonwealth of the Bahamas

(Banner) (Coat o airms)
Motto: "Forward, Upward, Onward, Together"
Offeecial leid	Inglis
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Nassau
Govrenment   - Queen - Govrenor-General - Prime meenister	Parliamentary democracy an constituitonal monarchy Elizabeth II Arthur Foulkes Hubert Ingraham
Aurie  - Tot  - % watter	13,878 km²/5,358 sq mi 20%
Population  - 2009  -  census  - Density	330,000 23.27/km²
Foondin	30 November 1966
Siller	Bahamian dollar (BSD)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5) EDT (UTC-4)
Naitional anthem	"March On, Bahamaland"
Internet TLD	.bs
Cawin code	+1-242

The Bahamas (pronounced /ðə bəˈhɑːməz/ ( listen)), offeecially the Commonweel o the Bahamas, is a kintra consistin o 29 islands, 661 cays, an 2,387 islets (rocks). It is locatit in the Atlantic Ocean north o Cuba an Hispaniola (Dominican Republic an Haiti), northwast o the Turks an Caicos Islands, an sootheast o the Unitit States (nearest tae the state o Florida). Its total land aurie is 13,939 km2 (5,382 sq mi), wi an estimatit population o 330,000. Its caipital is Nassau. Geographically, the Bahamas lie in the same island chain as Cuba, Hispaniola an the Turks an Caicos Islands; the designation o Bahamas refers normally tae the commonweel an no the geographic chain.

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