New Providence

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island

New Providence is the most populous and economically significant island of the Bahamas, home to the capital city, Nassau.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
New Providence District 0 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island →
connectedBy bridges to Paradise Island →
connectedTo Paradise Island →
contains Nassau →
country Bahamas →
currency Bahamian dollar →
US dollar →
surface form: United States dollar
drivingSide left →
formerColonyOf United Kingdom →
governedBy central government of the Bahamas →
hasAttraction Cable Beach →
Paradise Island →
surface form: Paradise Island (adjacent via bridges)
hasCapitalCity Nassau →
hasClimate tropical savanna climate →
hasDenomination Anglican (significant presence) →
Baptist (significant presence) →
Roman Catholic (significant presence) →
hasEthnicGroup Afro-Bahamian majority →
European Bahamian minority →
hasExecutiveResidence Government House, Nassau →
surface form: Government House (Nassau)
hasHistoricalEvent site of colonial-era British settlement →
hasInternationalCode ISO 3166-2:BS-NP (subdivision code context) →
hasJudicialBody Supreme Court of the Bahamas (in Nassau) →
hasLargestCity Nassau →
hasLegislativeBody Parliament of the Bahamas →
surface form: Parliament of the Bahamas (in Nassau)
hasMainReligion Christianity →
hasMajorAirport Lynden Pindling International Airport →
hasMajorIndustry cruise tourism →
hasMajorPortFacility Prince George Wharf →
hasPopulationConcentration majority of Bahamian population →
hasPort Nassau Harbour →
hasPrimaryEconomicSector commerce →
financial services →
tourism →
hasRole economic hub of the Bahamas →
political center of the Bahamas →
hasUrbanArea Nassau–Suffolk metropolitan division →
surface form: Greater Nassau metropolitan area
isEconomicallySignificantIslandOf Bahamas →
isMostPopulousIslandOf Bahamas →
isSeatOfGovernmentOf Bahamas →
language English →
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean →
locatedInRegion Caribbean →
surface form: Caribbean (broad cultural region)

Lucayan Archipelago →
West Indies →
officialLanguage English →
partOf Bahamas →
surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
timeZone Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (5)

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

Nassau → island → New Providence →
Abaco Islands → locatedNorthOf → New Providence →
Bahamas → majorIsland → New Providence →
Senate of the Bahamas → meetsInIsland → New Providence →
Nassau → partOf → New Providence →
this entity surface form: New Providence District