Guide to Bahamas
Must See Bahamas
Places in Bahamas
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At a glance
The Bahamas has successfully promoted itself as a destination for US jetsetters, and a lot of it is Americanised. Yet there are still opportunities among its 700 islands and 2500 cays to disappear into a mangrove forest, explore a coral reef and escape the high-rise hotels and package-tour madness.
The 18th-century Privateers' Republic has become a modern banker's paradise, at least on New Providence and Grand Bahama. On the other islands - once known as the Out Islands but now euphemistically called the Family Islands - the atmosphere is more truly West Indian.
Fast Facts
- Full name:
- Commonwealth of The Bahamas
- Capital city:
- Nassau
- Area:
- 5,380 sq km / 2,078 sq miles
- Population:
- 294,982
- Time Zone:
- GMT/UTC -5 (Greenwich Mean Time)
- Language:
- English (official)
- Religion:
- Baptist (32%), Anglican (20%), Roman Catholic (19%), other Protestant (24%), other (5%)
- Currency:
- Bahamian Dollar
- Electricity:
- 120V 60Hz
- Electric plug details:
- Japanese-style plug with two perpendicular flat blades
- American-style plug with two perpendicular flat blades above a circular grounding pin
- American-style plug with two perpendicular flat blades above a circular grounding pin