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The Bahamas,officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas,is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and 88% of its population. The archipelagic country consists of more than 3,000 islands,cays,and islets in the Atlantic Ocean,and is located north of Cuba and northwest of the island of Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos Islands,southeast of the U.S. state of Florida,and east of the Florida Keys. The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas' territory as encompassing 470,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi) of ocean space.
Freeport is a city,district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama of the northwest part of The Bahamas. In 1955,Wallace Groves,a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama,was granted 20,000 hectares of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrubland by the Bahamian government with a mandate to economically develop the area. Freeport has grown to become the second most populous city in The Bahamas.
Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA) is an international airport in Freeport,The Bahamas. It was privately owned until the government of The Bahamas purchased it in April 29 2021 for one Bahamian dollar,a deal they were able to procure largely due to the devastation from Hurricane Dorian,which almost completely destroyed the airport in 2019. The Bahamian government spent a approximately $1 million on staff severance costs as part of the deal.
ZNS is a national television broadcaster operated by the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas (BCB). ZNS-TV's two transmitters,serving Nassau and Freeport,are the only over-the-air TV stations in the country. The rest of the country receives these channels via Cable Bahamas,a privately held company that maintained an exclusive licence to operate cable TV services until 2009.
Western Air is a commercial airline based in The Bahamas offering daily flights throughout the islands of The Bahamas and South Florida. Western Air is a privately owned airline,established in 2000,headquartered at the San Andros Airport on Andros Island. The airline operates its own passenger terminal and full service maintenance facility at the Grand Bahama International Airport. Western Air's uniformed fleet of EMB145 50-seater jets with one-class cabins are heavily utilized by Bahamian locals and tourists to travel between the city of Nassau and the outer islands,such as Bimini,Exuma,Cat Island,Andros,Abaco and Grand Bahama. Western Air launched its first US route,between Nassau and Fort Lauderdale,Florida in May 2022.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to The Bahamas:
Walker's Cay is the northernmost island in the Bahamas,part of the North Abaco district. Once a popular sport fishing location,the island was left deserted after 2004,following severe hurricane damage. The island is currently undergoing renovation under new owner Carl Allen,and celebrated the grand reopening of its marina in 2021.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
The sport of association football in the country of Bahamas is run by the Bahamas Football Association. The association administers the Bahamas national football team,the beach soccer teams and futsal. It is Part of the CONCACAF.
Dame Janet Gwennett Bostwick is a Bahamian lawyer and politician. She entered politics in 1977 with an appointment to the Senate. She was the first woman to serve as acting Prime Minister,first woman Attorney-General and the first woman Member of Parliament in the Bahamas.
Sir Cornelius Alvin Smith is a Bahamian politician and diplomat,who served as the 11th Governor-General of the Bahamas from 2019 to 2023.
Hurricane Dorian became the costliest hurricane in the Bahamas on record. It struck the Abaco Islands as a Category 5 hurricane on September 1,and a day later hit Grand Bahama Island at the same category. The hurricane then stalled over Grand Bahama for another day,finally pulling away from the island on September 3. Damage amounted to US$3.4 billion,and there were at least 74 deaths in the country. Another 282 people were left missing after the hurricane.
The Bahama Archipelago,also known as the Lucayan Archipelago,is an archipelago comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The archipelago is in the western North Atlantic Ocean,north of Cuba along with the other Antilles,and east and southeast of Florida. The archipelago has experienced the effects of at least 22 Atlantic hurricanes,or storms that were once tropical or subtropical cyclones,including 17 since 2000. The storms collectively killed 101 people.
Dionisio James D'Aguilar is a Bahamian Free National Movement (FNM) politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Free Town and Minister of Tourism and Aviation from 2017 to 2021. Before getting involved in politics,he was a well-known businessman who served on the board of directors for multiple companies.
Picewell A. L. "Soca" Forbes is a Bahamian former Progressive Liberal Party politician and broadcaster who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mangrove Cay and South Andros from 2007 to 2021.
This article lists events from the year 2022 in The Bahamas.
This article lists events from the year 2023 in The Bahamas.
Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe or Pakesia Edgecombe;Pakesia Parker is a politician who was a government minister in The Bahamas. She was the first woman to represent her constituency and she was the only woman in the cabinet when she became the minister responsible for Disaster Preparedness,Management and Reconstruction.
Ruby Ann Cooper-Darling is a Bahamian politician and stateswoman.
Kingsley Smith is a Bahamian politician from the Progressive Liberal Party.
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- ↑ Joseph B. Treaster (September 5, 2004). "Hurricane Frances: The Bahamas; Damage is Mostly Light as Storm Pelts Island Chain". The New York Times. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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- ↑ Ward, Jasper (12 September 2022). "Davis willing to put republic move to referendum". The Nassau Guardian . Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ↑ "BREAKING: Social Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe dies". www.tribune242.com. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ↑ Dames, Candia (2023-09-26). "In 50 years, Wilchcombe third minister to die in office". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ↑ "SWORN IN: Kingsley Smith Jr sworn in as MP for West Grand Bahama and Bimini". Eye Witness News. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ↑ Brown, Krystel (2023-11-22). "Smith wins West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
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