The Bahamas
Flag Coat of arms
Motto "Forward, Upward, Onward Together"
Anthem "March On, Bahamaland" Royal anthem "God Save the Queen"
Capital (and largest city)		Nassau 25°4′N, 77°20′W
Official languages		English
Demonym		Bahamian
Government		Parliamentary democracy (Constitutional monarchy)
-	Monarch	Elizabeth II
-	Governor-General	Arthur Dion Hanna
-	Prime Minister	Hubert Ingraham
Independence		from the United Kingdom
-	Self-governing	1964
-	Full independence	July 10, 1973
Area
-	Total	13,878 km² (160th) 5,358 sq mi
-	Water (%)	28%
Population
-	2003 estimate	323,0001 (177th)
-	1990 census	254,685
-	Density	23.27 /km² (181st) 60 /sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2005 estimate
-	Total	$6.524 billion (145th)
-	Per capita	$17,8432 (38th)
HDI (2004)		0.825 (high) (52nd2)
Currency		Dollar (BSD)
Time zone		EST (UTC−5)
-	Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Internet TLD		.bs
Calling code		+1 242
1	Estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
2	United Nations, 2006.

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is an English-speaking nation consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands that form an archipelago. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida and the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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