| Order of the Bahamas | |
|---|---|
Awarded by the King of the Bahamas | |
| Type | Order of chivalry |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Sovereign | Charles III |
| Chancellor (ex officio) | Governor-General of the Bahamas |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of the Nation |
| Next (lower) | Order of Excellence |
The Order of the Bahamas is an honour that can be given by the government of the Bahamas. It was founded in 2016.
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and 88% of its population. The archipelagic state 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.
Nassau is the capital and largest city of The Bahamas. It is located on the island of New Providence, which had a population of 246,329 in 2010, or just over 70% of the entire population of The Bahamas. As of April 2023, the preliminary results of the 2022 census of the Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for New Providence, 74.26% of the country's population. Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country.
.bs is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Bahamas. It is administered by the University of the Bahamas.
The Bahamas competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
The BFA Senior League is the highest championship of football in Bahamas. Before 2008 it was played between the winners of the New Providence Football League, the Grand Bahama Football League. In 2008 the two leagues from two islands merged into one league.
Air Charter Bahamas is an air charter airline based in Miami Springs, Florida, which operates in the Bahamas doing Charter Flights.
The Bahamas men's national tennis team represents the Bahamas in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association.
The Bahamas first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The nation has never participated in any Winter Olympic Games.
Bahamians are people originating or having roots from The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. One can also become a Bahamian by acquiring citizenship.
Religion in the Bahamas is dominated by various Christian denominations and reflects the country's diversity.
The Bahamas Olympic Committee formerly the Bahamas Olympic Association is the National Olympic Committee representing the Bahamas. The committee is also the Commonwealth Games Association representing the island nation.
The Bahamas is an overwhelmingly Christian majority country, with adherents of Islam being a minuscule minority. Due to the secular nature of the country's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country. Adherents of Islam represent less than 1% of the Bahamian population.
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.
Capital punishment in the Bahamas is a legal punishment, and is conducted by hanging at Fox Hill Prison. The last execution in the country was on January 6, 2000. As of August 2012, only one convict, Mario Flowers, was under the sentence of death. Flowers' death sentence was commuted in 2016. Since independence from Britain, it has carried out more than a dozen executions.
The High Commission of The Bahamas in London is the diplomatic mission of The Bahamas in the United Kingdom. It was first established in the 1970s.
Bahamas competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. 4 competitors from Bahamas won no medals and so did not place in the medal table.
Bahamas competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 2 competitors from Bahamas won 2 medals including 1 silver and 1 bronze and finished joint 41st in the medal table with Indonesia.
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is a non-profit film festival held in the Bahamas. Open to both locals and international visitors, the festival was founded by Leslie Vanderpool in 2004.
The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour, played at the Abaco Club on Winding Bay in the Bahamas. It is one of two Korn Ferry Tour events in the Bahamas, along with The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic. Both events were first played in January 2017 starting on a Sunday and finishing on a Wednesday, rather than the standard Thursday–Sunday schedule. Due to the ongoing recovery efforts on the island from Hurricane Dorian, the 2020 edition was temporarily moved to Baha Mar in Nassau, and retained the Abaco Classic name in its title.
The Bahamas requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display a vehicle registration plate. Current plates are North American standard 6 × 12 inches. The configuration of the plates is two letters followed by four numbers. At the bottom of the plate it's shown the flag of the Bahamas.
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