GeoPointe - Bahamas

Official Name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Location: Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba.

Capital: Nassau on New Providence Island

Area:	total: 13,880 sq km
	land: 10,010 sq km
	water: 3,870 sq km

Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

Highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m

The Hermitage Sits On Top Of Mt Alvernia., Cat Island, Bahamas

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Population: 321,834 (July 2014 est.)

Nationality: Bahamian(s)

Ethnic groups: Black 90.6%, white 4.7%, black and white 2.1%, other 1.9%

Religions: Protestant 69.9% (includes Baptist 34.9%, Anglican 13.7%, Pentecostal 8.9% Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, Methodist 3.6%, Church of God 1.9%, Brethren 1.6%), Roman Catholic 12%, other Christian 13% (includes Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), other 0.6%, none 1.9%

Languages: English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants).

Tropical marine, moderated by warm waters of the Gulf Stream

Government type: Constitutional Parliamentary Democracy and a Commonwealth realm

Independence: 10 July 1973 (from the United Kingdom)

National holiday: Independence Day, 10 July (1973)