Bahamas

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archipelagic state island country sovereign state

The Bahamas is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean, known for its tropical climate, coral-based archipelago, and status as a popular tourist and offshore financial center.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Bahamas	14
Commonwealth of The Bahamas	9
Bahamas archipelago	3
Commonwealth of the Bahamas	2
Bahama Islands	1
Bahamas armed forces	1
the Bahamas	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelagic state ⓘ island country ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
archipelagoType	coral-based archipelago ⓘ
borderType	maritime borders only ⓘ
callingCode	+1-242 ⓘ
capital	Nassau ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
conventionalLongName	Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
country	Bahamas self-link ⓘ
currency	Bahamian dollar ⓘ
currencyCode	BSD ⓘ
demonym	Bahamian ⓘ
drivesOn	left ⓘ
drivingSide	left-hand traffic ⓘ
economyCharacteristic	offshore financial center ⓘ tourism-based economy ⓘ
governmentType	unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister of the Bahamas ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceDate	1973-07-10 ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
internationalOrganizationMembership	International Monetary Fund ⓘ United Nations ⓘ World Bank ⓘ World Trade Organization ⓘ
internetTLD	.bs ⓘ
largestCity	Nassau ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ
liesEastOf	Florida Keys ⓘ
liesNorthOf	Cuba ⓘ Hispaniola ⓘ
liesNorthwestOf	Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
liesSoutheastOf	Florida ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ surface form: Caribbean region
lowerHouse	Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ surface form: House of Assembly of the Bahamas
majorIsland	Abaco Islands ⓘ Andros Island ⓘ Eleuthera ⓘ Exuma ⓘ Grand Bahama ⓘ New Providence ⓘ
numberOfCays	over 2000 ⓘ
numberOfIslands	about 700 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Lucayan Archipelago ⓘ West Indies ⓘ
popularFor	beach tourism ⓘ cruise tourism ⓘ diving and snorkeling ⓘ
regionalGrouping	Lesser Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago ⓘ
regionalOrganizationMembership	CARICOM Single Market and Economy ⓘ Caribbean Community ⓘ Commonwealth countries ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Nations Organization of American States ⓘ
religionMajority	Christianity ⓘ
shortName	Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Bahamas
sovereigntyType	independent state ⓘ
timeZone	UTC−05:00 ⓘ
upperHouse	Senate of the Bahamas ⓘ

Referenced by (119)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A King’s Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor → aboutPlace → Bahamas ⓘ

Florida Current → adjacentTo → Bahamas ⓘ

Abaco Islands → administrativeDivisionOf → Bahamas ⓘ

Hurricane Katrina → affectedCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Royal Governor of the Bahamas → appliesToJurisdiction → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahama Islands

U.S. Northern Command → areaOfResponsibility → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Cuba (maritime boundary) → borderingState → Bahamas ⓘ

Governor-General of the Bahamas → ceremonialCommanderOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahamas armed forces

Americas → containsCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Lesser Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago → containsSovereignState → Bahamas ⓘ

Bahamas → conventionalLongName → Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Abaco Islands → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Andros Island → country → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Arawakan languages → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Bahama Banks → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Bahamas → country → Bahamas self-link ⓘ

Battle of Nassau → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Bimini → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Eleuthera → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Exuma → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Governor-General of the Bahamas → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Grand Bahama → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Nassau → country → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

New Providence → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Parliament of the Bahamas → country → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Queen of the Bahamas → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Royal Standard of the Bahamas → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Senate of the Bahamas → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Bermuda Triangle → countryBorder → Bahamas ⓘ

Wisdom → countryOfCitizenship → Bahamas ⓘ

subject surface form: Jerry Wisdom

CCS → countryServed → Bahamas ⓘ

subject surface form: Caribbean Community Secretariat

CDT → countryUsedIn → Bahamas ⓘ

Woodes Rogers → deathPlace → Bahamas ⓘ

Afro-Caribbean people → demographicSignificanceIn → Bahamas ⓘ

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi → exile → Bahamas ⓘ

Juan Ponce de León → explored → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahamas archipelago

Illadelph Halflife → featuresArtist → Bahamas ⓘ

Never Say Never Again → filmingLocation → Bahamas ⓘ

voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas → firstLandfallRegion → Bahamas ⓘ

Caribbean Americans → hasAncestralOrigin → Bahamas ⓘ

North America → hasCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Lucayan Archipelago → hasHighestPoliticalEntity → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Caribbean Sea → hasIslandGroup → Bahamas ⓘ

Embassy of Cyprus in Washington, D.C. → hasJurisdictionOver → Bahamas ⓘ

Lucayan Archipelago → hasMajorIslandGroup → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Association of Caribbean States → hasMember → Bahamas ⓘ

Commonwealth countries → hasMember → Bahamas ⓘ

Commonwealth of Nations → hasMemberState → Bahamas ⓘ

British America → hasPart → Bahamas ⓘ