Nassau, Bahamas

Ceety o Nassau
Walcome tae Nassau
Motto(s):  Forward, Upward, Onward, Thegither
Ceety o Nassau
Coordinates: 25°4′N 77°20′W
Kintra	Bahamas
Island	New Providence
Rebiggit/Renamed	1695
Area
• Total	207 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	248,948
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
• Metro density	1203/km2 (3,120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	242

Nassau is the caipital, lairgest ceety, an commercial centre o the Bahamas. The ceety haes a population o 248,948 (2010 census), 70 percent o the entire population o the Bahamas (353,658). Lynden Pindling Internaitional Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is locatit aboot 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) wast o Nassau ceety centre, an haes daily flichts tae major ceeties in the Unitit Kinrick, Unitit States, Canadae an the Caribbean. The ceety is locatit on the island o New Providence, that functions much like a business destrict. Nassau hooses the Hoose o Assembly an various judicial depairtments. Nassau is considered a historical stranghauld o pirates.