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

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.

Obeah → practicedIn → Bahamas ⓘ
Christopher Columbus → reached → Bahamas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bahamas
John Templeton → residence → Bahamas ⓘ
Lenny Kravitz → residence → Bahamas ⓘ
Sean Connery → residence → Bahamas ⓘ
Wallis Simpson → residence → Bahamas ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bahamas
Thunderball → setting → Bahamas ⓘ
Bahamas → shortName → Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bahamas
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Haitian Creole → spokenIn → Bahamas ⓘ
ET → usedInCountry → Bahamas ⓘ