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Bahamas
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
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- Official name
- Commonwealth of the Bahamas
- Capital
- Nassau
- Region
- Caribbean
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 386,000
- Area
- 13,943 km²
- Currency
- Bahamian dollar (BSD), United States dollar (USD)
- Neighbours
- None — island or sea borders only
- Internet / phone
- .bs · +1242
Where it is
Notable facts
- The Bahamas is an archipelago of about 700 islands and over 2,000 cays; roughly 30 are inhabited.
- Dean’s Blue Hole off Long Island is one of the deepest known underwater sinkholes at about 202 m.
- The islands have some of the clearest water in the world, visible from orbit as pale turquoise banks.
- Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the Americas in the Bahamas in 1492.
National dish
Crack conch with peas and rice Conch pounded thin, battered and fried, with pigeon peas cooked into rice.