Bahamas · Travel guide
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic country in the Caribbean located within the Lucayan Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. The country comprises 700 islands, and more than 2,500 cays in the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Cuba and north-west of the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the US state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. The capital and largest city is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas' territory as encompassing 470,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi) of ocean space. The Bahama islands were inhabited by the Arawak and Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno, for many centuries. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making his first landfall in the New World in 1492 when he landed on…
Bahamas
FCDO travel advice for The Bahamas. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements, and legal differences.
Official source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Bahamas
- Capital
- Nassau
- Language
- English
- Currency
- Bahamian dollar
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Calling code
- +1242
- Internet domain
- .bs
- Driving side
- left
- Plug type
- NEMA 1-15
- Voltage
- 120
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Bahamas
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