Outline of the Bahamas
See also: Index of Bahamas-related articles
The location of the Bahamas
An enlargeable relief map of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Bahamas:
Commonwealth of the Bahamas – sovereign island nation comprising an archipelago of seven hundred islands and two thousand cays.[1] The Bahamas are located in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida and the United States, north of Cuba, the island of Hispaniola and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
General reference
An enlargeable basic map of the Bahamas
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country names: The Bahamas or the Bahama Islands
- Official English country name: The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Bahamian
- Demonym(s):
- ISO country codes: BS, BHS, 044
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BS
- Internet country code top-level domain: .bs
Geography of the Bahamas
An enlargeable map of the Bahamas
Main article: Geography of the Bahamas
- The Bahamas is...
- an archipelago
- a country
- an island country consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands
- a nation state
- a Commonwealth realm
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
- North America (off the East Coast of the United States, southeast of Florida)
- Atlantic Ocean
- Time zone: Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05), Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04)
- Extreme points of the Bahamas
- High: Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m (207 ft)
- Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 3,542 km
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
- Population of the Bahamas: 330,549 (2007) – 177th most populous country
- Area of the Bahamas: 13,878 square kilometres (5,358 sq mi) – 160th largest country
- Maps of the Bahamas
Environment of the Bahamas
An enlargeable satellite image of the Bahama Islands
- Climate of the Bahamas
- Renewable energy in the Bahamas
- Geology of the Bahamas
- Protected areas of the Bahamas
- Biosphere reserves in the Bahamas
- National parks of the Bahamas
- Wildlife of the Bahamas
- Fauna of the Bahamas
Natural geographic features of the Bahamas
- Rivers of the Bahamas
- World Heritage Sites in the Bahamas: None
Islands of the Bahamas
Main article: List of Islands in the Bahamas
- Abaco
- Acklins
- Acklins and Crooked Islands
- Andros, Bahamas
- Berry Islands
- Bimini
- Castaway Cay
- Cat Island (Bahamas)
- Conception Island
- Crooked Island (Bahamas)
- Egg Island (Bahamas)
- Eleuthera
- Exuma
- Grand Bahama
- Great Guana Cay
- Little San Salvador Island
- Little Stirrup Cay
- Long Island, Bahamas
- Man-O-War Cay
- Mayaguana
- Moore's Island
- New Providence
- Norman's Cay
- Out Islands
- Paradise Island
- Ragged Island
- Rum Cay
- Samana Cay
- San Salvador Island
- Windermere Island
Regions of the Bahamas
Administrative divisions of the Bahamas
Main article: Administrative divisions of the Bahamas
Districts of the Bahamas
Main article: Districts of the Bahamas
- Acklins
- Berry Islands
- Bimini
- Black Point (Exuma)
- Cat Island
- Central Abaco
- Central Andros
- Central Eleuthera
- City of Freeport (Grand Bahama)
- Crooked Island
- East Grand Bahama
- Exuma
- Grand Cay (Abaco)
- Harbour Island (Eleuthera)
- Hope Town (Abaco)
- Inagua
- Long Island
- Mangrove Cay (Andros)
- Mayaguana
- Moore's Island (Abaco)
- New Providence
- North Abaco
- North Andros
- North Eleuthera
- Ragged Island
- Rum Cay
- San Salvador
- South Abaco
- South Andros
- South Eleuthera
- Spanish Wells (Eleuthera)
- West Grand Bahama
Municipalities of the Bahamas
Demography of the Bahamas
Main article: Demographics of the Bahamas
Government and politics of the Bahamas
Main articles: Government of the Bahamas and Politics of the Bahamas
- Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic monarchy
- Capital of the Bahamas: Nassau
- Elections in the Bahamas
- Political parties in the Bahamas
Branches of the government of the Bahamas
Main article: Government of the Bahamas
Executive branch of the government of the Bahamas
- Head of state: Monarchy of the Bahamas
- Head of government: Prime Minister of the Bahamas
- Cabinet of the Bahamas
Legislative branch of the government of the Bahamas
Judicial branch of the government of the Bahamas
Main article: Court system of the Bahamas
Foreign relations of the Bahamas
Main article: Foreign relations of the Bahamas
- Diplomatic missions in the Bahamas
- Diplomatic missions of the Bahamas
- United States-the Bahamas relations
International organization membership
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is a member of:[1]
Law and order in the Bahamas
Main article: Law of the Bahamas
- Constitution of the Bahamas
- Crime in the Bahamas
- Human rights in the Bahamas
- LGBT rights in the Bahamas
- Freedom of religion in the Bahamas
- Law enforcement in the Bahamas
Military of the Bahamas
Main article: Military of the Bahamas
- Command
- Commander-in-chief
- Ministry of National Security of the Bahamas
- Commander-in-chief
- Forces
- Army of the Bahamas
- Navy of the Bahamas
- Air Force of the Bahamas
- Special forces of the Bahamas
- Military history of the Bahamas
- Military ranks of the Bahamas
Local government in the Bahamas
Main article: Local government in the Bahamas
History of the Bahamas
Main article: History of the Bahamas
- Battle of Nassau
- Colonial Heads of the Bahamas
- Fresh Creek
- Guanahani
- Kemps Bay
- Nichollstown and Berry Islands
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas
- San Salvador and Rum Cay
Hurricanes in the Bahamas
- Nassau Hurricane of 1926
- 1926 Miami Hurricane
- 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane
- 1929 Florida Hurricane
- 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane
- Hurricane Andrew
- Bahamas-Nantucket Hurricane of 1932
- Hurricane Betsy (1956)
- Hurricane Betsy
- Hurricane David
- Hurricane Gracie
- Hurricane Hortense
- Hurricane Inez
- Hurricane Lili (1996)
- Hurricane Floyd
- Hurricane Irene (2011)
- Hurricane Sandy (2012)
Culture of the Bahamas
Main article: Culture of the Bahamas
- Architecture of the Bahamas
- Cuisine of the Bahamas
- Festivals in the Bahamas
- Gambling in the Bahamas
- Casinos in the Bahamas
- Atlantis Paradise Island
- Baha Mar
- Languages of the Bahamas
- Media in the Bahamas
- National symbols of the Bahamas
- People of the Bahamas
- Public holidays in the Bahamas
- Records of the Bahamas
- Religion in the Bahamas
- Christianity in the Bahamas
- Catholicism in the Bahamas
- Hinduism in the Bahamas
- Islam in the Bahamas
- Judaism in the Bahamas
- Sikhism in the Bahamas
- Christianity in the Bahamas
- Scouting in the Bahamas
- World Heritage Sites in the Bahamas: None
Art in the Bahamas
- Art in the Bahamas
- Cinema of the Bahamas
- Literature of the Bahamas
- Music of the Bahamas
- Baha Men
- Eric Gibson
- Junkanoo
- Music of The Bahamas (docu-musical)
- Ripsaw music
- Television in the Bahamas
- Theatre in the Bahamas
People of the Bahamas
- Milo Butler
- R.E. Cooper, Sr. (Baptist Clergy and Civil Rights Activist)
- Clifford Darling
- Arthur Hailey
- Arthur Dion Hanna
- Viktor Kožený
- Joe Lewis (British businessman)
- Sidney Poitier
- Orville Alton Turnquest
Sport in the Bahamas
See also: § Bahamian sportspeople
Bahamas at the Commonwealth Games
- Bahamas at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Bahamas at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bahamas at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Football in the Bahamas
- Football in the Bahamas
- Bahamas Football Association
- Bahamas national football team
- Gary White (football)
Bahamian football clubs
- Bahamas Shrimp Wranglers
- Freeport F.C.
- Freeport Jet Wash Jets
- Playtime Tigers
- Quality Superstars
- Town & Country Predators
Bahamian football competitions
Football venues in the Bahamas
Bahamas at the Olympics
- The Bahamas at the Olympics
- Bahamas at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Bahamas at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Bahamas at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Bahamas at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Bahamas at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Bahamas at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Bahamas at the 2004 Summer Olympics
See also: § Olympic competitors for the Bahamas
Economy and infrastructure of the Bahamas
Main article: Economy of the Bahamas
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 132nd (one hundred and thirty second)
- Agriculture in the Bahamas
- Banking in the Bahamas
- National Bank of the Bahamas
- Communications in the Bahamas
- Internet in the Bahamas
- .bs Internet country code top-level domain for the Bahamas
- Telephone communications in the Bahamas
- Postal service in the Bahamas
- Television in the Bahamas
- Internet in the Bahamas
- Companies of the Bahamas
- BaTelCo (Bahamas)
- Bahamas Electricity Corporation
- Bahamasair
- Bahama Hand Prints
- Currency of the Bahamas: Dollar
- Bahamian pound (historical)
- ISO 4217: BSD
- Energy in the Bahamas
- Energy policy of the Bahamas
- Oil industry in the Bahamas
- Health care in the Bahamas
- Mining in the Bahamas
- Bahamas Stock Exchange
- Trade unions of the Bahamas
- Air transport in the Bahamas
- Airlines of the Bahamas
- Bahamasair
- Western Air
- Sky Bahamas
- Pineapple Air
- Southern Air Charter
- LeAir
- Cat Island Air
- Airports in the Bahamas
- Airlines of the Bahamas
- Rail transport in the Bahamas
- Roads in the Bahamas
- Water supply and sanitation in the Bahamas
Education in the Bahamas
Main article: Education in the Bahamas
Specific Bahamian people
Main article: List of Bahamians
- Milo Butler
- R.E. Cooper, Sr. (Baptist Clergy and Civil Rights Activist)
- Clifford Darling
- Arthur Hailey
- Arthur Dion Hanna
- Viktor Kožený
- Joe Lewis (British businessman)
- Sidney Poitier
- Orville Alton Turnquest
Bahamian musicians
Bahamian politicians
- Ivy Dumont
- Earl Hall
- List of Governors-General of the Bahamas
- Stafford Sands
- Robert Sweeting
- Brent Symonette
See also: § Prime Ministers of the Bahamas
Bahamian sportspeople
Bahamian athletes
- Christine Amertil
- Chris Brown
- Eldece Clarke-Lewis
- Aaron Cleare
- Dennis Darling
- Pauline Davis-Thompson
- Dominic Demeritte
- Laverne Eve
- Debbie Ferguson
- Savatheda Fynes
- Craig Hepburn
- Troy Kemp
- Troy McIntosh
- Nathaniel McKinney
- Avard Moncur
- Frank Rutherford
- Leevan Sands
- Chandra Sturrup
- Andrae Williams
- Tonique Williams-Darling
Bahamian basketball players
Bahamian American football players
- Devard Darling
- Alex Smith son of Ed Smith
- Ed Smith First Bahamian to play in the NFL
Olympic competitors for the Bahamas
Bahamian tennis players
See also
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English language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Main article: The Bahamas
- Bibliography of the Bahamas
- Index of Bahamas-related articles
- All pages beginning with "Bahamas"
- All pages beginning with "Bahamian"
- All pages with titles containing Bahamas
- All pages with titles containing Bahamian
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of geography
- Outline of North America
References
- 1 2 "The Bahamas". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
External links
Wikimedia Atlas of the Bahamas
- The Official Tourism Website of The Islands Of The Bahamas
- Official website for Bahamas government
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bahamas. - Bahamas Financial Services Board
- The Association of International Banks & Trust Companies in The Bahamas
- The Bahamas Constitution
- "Bahamas". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
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