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.

British West Indies → hasPart → Bahamas ⓘ

Caribbean islands → hasPart → Bahamas ⓘ

West Indies → hasPart → Bahamas ⓘ

Anglican Church in the Province of the West Indies → hasTerritory → Bahamas ⓘ

Queen of the Bahamas → headOfCommonwealthRealm → Bahamas ⓘ

British monarchy → headOfStateOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Caribbean → includes → Bahamas ⓘ

Lesser Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago → includes → Bahamas ⓘ

Lucayan Archipelago → includes → Bahamas ⓘ

Taíno → inhabitedRegion → Bahamas ⓘ

Northern mockingbird → introducedTo → Bahamas ⓘ

Nassau → isCapitalOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Nassau → isCommercialCenterOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Nassau → isCulturalCenterOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

New Providence → isEconomicallySignificantIslandOf → Bahamas ⓘ

Nassau → isLargestCityOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

New Providence → isMostPopulousIslandOf → Bahamas ⓘ

New Providence → isSeatOfGovernmentOf → Bahamas ⓘ

Parliament of the Bahamas → jurisdiction → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Royal Standard of the Bahamas → jurisdiction → Bahamas ⓘ

Senate of the Bahamas → jurisdiction → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Niña → landfallRegion → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Bahamas

Pinta → landfallRegion → Bahamas ⓘ

Andros Island → largestIslandOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Bahamas

Parliament of the Bahamas → legislativeBodyOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Straits of Florida → liesBetween → Bahamas ⓘ

Bahama Banks → locatedIn → Bahamas ⓘ

Royal Governor of the Bahamas → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Bahamas ⓘ

Straits of Florida → locatedOffCoastOf → Bahamas ⓘ

Battle of Nassau → location → Bahamas ⓘ

Parliament of the Bahamas → locationCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Caribbean Canadians → majorAncestralOrigin → Bahamas ⓘ

Senate of the Bahamas → meetsInCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Caribbean Community → memberState → Bahamas ⓘ

Elizabeth II → monarchOf → Bahamas ⓘ

American flamingo → nativeTo → Bahamas ⓘ

Turks and Caicos Islands → near → Bahamas ⓘ

Cuba → neighboringCountryBySea → Bahamas ⓘ

North American time zones → observedInCountry → Bahamas ⓘ

Abaco Islands → partOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Andros Island → partOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahamas archipelago

Bahama Banks → partOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahamas archipelago

Eleuthera → partOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Exuma → partOf → Bahamas ⓘ

Grand Bahama → partOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

New Providence → partOf → Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → Bahamas ⓘ

John Templeton → placeOfActivity → Bahamas ⓘ

Sean Connery → placeOfDeath → Bahamas ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Bahamas ⓘ