Bahamas

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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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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

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Nassau isCulturalCenterOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: The Bahamas
Thunderball setting Bahamas
American flamingo nativeTo Bahamas
Andros Island country Bahamas
this entity surface form: The Bahamas
Andros Island partOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: Bahamas archipelago
Andros Island largestIslandOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: The Bahamas
Arawakan languages country Bahamas
Battle of Nassau location Bahamas
Battle of Nassau country Bahamas
Bahama Banks locatedIn Bahamas
Bahama Banks partOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: Bahamas archipelago
Bahama Banks country Bahamas
Lenny Kravitz residence Bahamas
Lucayan Archipelago includes Bahamas
Lucayan Archipelago hasMajorIslandGroup Bahamas
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Lucayan Archipelago hasHighestPoliticalEntity Bahamas
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of the Bahamas
New Providence country Bahamas
New Providence partOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Grand Bahama country Bahamas
Grand Bahama partOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Abaco Islands country Bahamas
Abaco Islands partOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
British monarchy headOfStateOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: The Bahamas
Eleuthera country Bahamas
Eleuthera partOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
John Templeton residence Bahamas
Wisdom countryOfCitizenship Bahamas
subject surface form: Jerry Wisdom
British America hasPart Bahamas
Niña landfallRegion Bahamas
this entity surface form: the Bahamas
Pinta landfallRegion Bahamas
Crown in right of the Bahamas country Bahamas
this entity surface form: The Bahamas
Crown in right of the Bahamas realmOf Bahamas
this entity surface form: The Bahamas
Exuma country Bahamas
Exuma partOf Bahamas