Bahamas

E2601

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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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Bahamas canonical	406
The Bahamas	103
Commonwealth of The Bahamas	50
Commonwealth of the Bahamas	5
Bahamas archipelago	3
Bahamas region	3
Bahama Islands	2
the Bahamas	2
Bahama	1
Bahamas Out Islands	1
Bahamas armed forces	1
Bahamas maritime zone	1
The Commonwealth of 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 (579)

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

Eastern Time Zone → usedInCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

North America → hasCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Elizabeth II → monarchOf → Bahamas ⓘ

British West Indies → hasPart → Bahamas ⓘ

Haitian Creole → spokenIn → Bahamas ⓘ

Northern mockingbird → introducedTo → Bahamas ⓘ

Bermuda Triangle → countryBorder → Bahamas ⓘ

ET → usedInCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Caribbean → includes → Bahamas ⓘ

North American time zones → observedInCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Commonwealth countries → hasMember → Bahamas ⓘ

House of Windsor → reigningRoyalHouseOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Juan Ponce de León → explored → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahamas archipelago

Bahamas → country → Bahamas self-link ⓘ

Bahamas → conventionalLongName → Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Bahamas → shortName → Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Straits of Florida → locatedOffCoastOf → Bahamas ⓘ

Straits of Florida → liesBetween → Bahamas ⓘ

Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → Bahamas ⓘ

Taíno → inhabitedRegion → Bahamas ⓘ

Christopher Columbus → reached → Bahamas ⓘ

Turks and Caicos Islands → near → Bahamas ⓘ

Florida Current → adjacentTo → Bahamas ⓘ

Queen of the Bahamas → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Queen of the Bahamas → headOfCommonwealthRealm → Bahamas ⓘ

Afro-Caribbean people → presentInCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Afro-Caribbean people → demographicSignificanceIn → Bahamas ⓘ

Woodes Rogers → deathPlace → Bahamas ⓘ

Cuba → neighboringCountryBySea → Bahamas ⓘ

Caribbean Sea → hasIslandGroup → Bahamas ⓘ

U.S. Northern Command → areaOfResponsibility → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Association of Caribbean States → hasMember → Bahamas ⓘ

West Indies → hasPart → Bahamas ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Bahamas ⓘ

Americas → containsCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Parliament of the Bahamas → country → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Parliament of the Bahamas → legislativeBodyOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Parliament of the Bahamas → jurisdiction → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Parliament of the Bahamas → locationCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Parliament of the Bahamas → sovereignState → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Senate of the Bahamas → country → Bahamas ⓘ

Senate of the Bahamas → meetsInCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Senate of the Bahamas → jurisdiction → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Caribbean Community → memberState → Bahamas ⓘ

Wallis Simpson → residence → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi → exile → Bahamas ⓘ

Nassau → country → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Nassau → isCapitalOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Nassau → isLargestCityOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Nassau → isCommercialCenterOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas