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Bahamas Cruises with Carnival
Officially Commonwealth of the Bahamas, independent
country, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, in the West Indies.
The Bahamas comprise an archipelago of about 700 islands and islets and
nearly 2,400 cays (pronounced “keys”) and rocks, extending for about 800
km (about 500 mi) from a point southeast of Palm Beach, Florida, to a
point off the eastern tip of Cuba. The Biminis, the westernmost of the
group, are about 97 km (about 60 mi) east of Miami, Florida. About 30 of
the islands are inhabited. New Providence is economically the most
important of the group and contains more than half of the Bahamas’ total
population. The other chief islands, all of which are low-lying, include
Acklins, Andros, Cat, Crooked, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama, Abaco, Great
Inagua, Harbour, Long, Mayaguana, and San Salvador (Watling). The area
of the country is 13,939 sq km (5,382 sq mi).
The population of The Bahamas (2001 estimate) is 297,852; about 85
percent of the population is black. The country’s capital is Nassau
(population, 1997, 172,000), on New Providence. The only other large
town is Freeport (26,574), on Grand Bahama.
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