The Bahamas
Commonwealth of The Bahamas › Central America and the Caribbean -- chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba
Nassau • 13,880 sq km • pop. 324,597
Languages English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
Major cities NASSAU (capital) 267,000 (2014)
Ethnic groups black 90.6%, white 4.7%, black and white 2.1%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)
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%, unspecified 2.6% (2010 est.)
Independence 10 July 1973 (from the UK)
Internet .bs • 247,200 • 76.8% (2014 est.)
Telephones - mobile 273,300 • 85 (2014 est.) subs./100
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