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Introduction - Bahamas, The:

Country

Bahamas, The

Background

Lucayan Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher COLUMBUS first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US and Europe, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.

Location - Bahamas, The:

Location

Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba

Geographic coordinates

24 15 N, 76 00 W

Map references

Central America and the Caribbean

Area

total: 13,940 sq km
land: 10,070 sq km
water: 3,870 sq km

Area comparative

slightly smaller than Connecticut

Land boundaries

0 km

Coastline

3,542 km

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Climate

tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

Terrain

long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m

Natural resources

salt, aragonite, timber, arable land

Land use

arable land: 0.58%
permanent crops: 0.29%
other: 99.13% (2005)

Irrigated land

10 sq km (2003)

Natural hazards

hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage

Environment current issues

coral reef decay; solid waste disposal

Environment international agreements

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography note

strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain of which 30 are inhabited

People - Bahamas, The:

Population

305,655
note: estimates for this country explicitly 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 and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 27% (male 41,268/female 41,186)
15-64 years: 66.5% (male 99,961/female 103,230)
65 years and over: 6.5% (male 8,176/female 11,834) (2007 est.)

Median age

total: 28.1 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 28.9 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate

0.602% (2007 est.)

Birth rate

17.3 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate

9.13 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate

-2.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.002 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.968 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.691 male(s)/female
total population: 0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 24.17 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 65.66 years
male: 62.37 years
female: 69.02 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.15 children born/woman (2007 est.)

Hiv aids adult prevalence rate

3% (2003 est.)

Hiv aids people living with hiv aids

5,600 (2003 est.)

Hiv aids deaths

less than 200 (2003 est.)

Nationality

noun: Bahamian(s)
adjective: Bahamian

Ethnic groups

black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%

Religions

Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census)

Languages

English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.6%
male: 94.7%
female: 96.5% (2003 est.)

Government - Bahamas, The:

Country name

conventional long form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
conventional short form: The Bahamas

Government type

constitutional parliamentary democracy

Capital

name: Nassau
geographic coordinates: 25 05 N, 77 21 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November

Administrative divisions

21 districts; Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bimini, Cat Island, Exuma, Freeport, Fresh Creek, Governors Harbour, Green Turtle Cay, Harbour Island, High Rock, Inagua, Kemps Bay, Long Island, Marsh Harbour, Mayaguana, New Providence, Nichollstown and Berry Islands, Ragged Island, Rock Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador and Rum Cay

Independence

10 July 1973 (from UK)

National holiday

Independence Day, 10 July (1973)

Constitution

10 July 1973

Legal system

based on English common law

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Executive branch

chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Arthur D. HANNA (since 1 February 2006)
head of government: Prime Minister Hubert A. INGRAHAM (since 4 May 2007)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the prime ministers recommendation
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; the prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister

Legislative branch

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (16 seats; members appointed by the governor general upon the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader to serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (41 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms); the government may dissolve the Parliament and call elections at any time
elections: last held 2 May 2007 (next to be called by May 2012)
election results: percent of vote by party - FNM 49.86%, PLP 47.02%; seats by party - FNM 23, PLP 18

Judicial branch

Privy Council (London); Courts of Appeal; Supreme (lower) Court; magistrates courts

Political parties and leaders

Free National Movement or FNM [Hubert INGRAHAM]; Progressive Liberal Party or PLP [Perry CHRISTIE]

Political pressure groups and leaders

NA

International organization participation

ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Diplomatic representation in the us

chief of mission: vacant
chancery: 2220 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 319-2660
FAX: [1] (202) 319-2668
consulate(s) general: Miami, New York

Diplomatic representation from the us

chief of mission: Ambassador John D. ROOD
embassy: 42 Queen Street, Nassau
mailing address: local or express mail address: P. O. Box N-8197, Nassau; US Department of State, 3370 Nassau Place, Washington, DC 20521-3370
telephone: [1] (242) 322-1181, 356-3229 (after hours)
FAX: [1] (242) 356-0222

Flag description

three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side

Economy - Bahamas, The:

Economy overview

The Bahamas is a stable, developing nation with an economy heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking. Tourism together with tourism-driven construction and manufacturing accounts for approximately 60% of GDP and directly or indirectly employs half of the archipelagos labor force. Steady growth in tourism receipts and a boom in construction of new hotels, resorts, and residences had led to solid GDP growth in recent years, but the slowdown in the US economy and the attacks of 11 September 2001 held back growth in these sectors in 2001-03. The current government has presided over a period of economic recovery and an upturn in large-scale private sector investments in tourism. Financial services constitute the second-most important sector of the Bahamian economy, accounting for about 15% of GDP. However, since December 2000, when the government enacted new regulations on the financial sector, many international businesses have left The Bahamas. Manufacturing and agriculture together contribute approximately a tenth of GDP and show little growth, despite government incentives aimed at those sectors. Overall growth prospects in the short run rest heavily on the fortunes of the tourism sector, which depends on growth in the US, the source of more than 80% of the visitors.

Gdp purchasing power parity

$6.556 billion (2006 est.)

Gdp official exchange rate

$6.159 billion (2006 est.)

Gdp real growth rate

4% (2006 est.)

Gdp per capita ppp

$21,600 (2006 est.)

Gdp composition by sector

agriculture: 3%
industry: 7%
services: 90% (2001 est.)

Labor force

176,300 (2004)

Labor force by occupation

agriculture 5%, industry 5%, tourism 50%, other services 40% (2005 est.)

Unemployment rate

10.2% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line

9.3% (2004)

Household income or consumption by percentage share

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: 27% (2000)

Inflation rate consumer prices

1.2% (2004)

Budget

revenues: $1.03 billion
expenditures: $1.03 billion; including capital expenditures of $130 million (FY04/05)

Agriculture products

citrus, vegetables; poultry

Industries

tourism, banking, cement, oil transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe

Industrial production growth rate

NA%

Electricity production

1.795 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity consumption

1.669 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity exports

0 kWh (2004)

Electricity imports

0 kWh (2004)

Oil production

0 bbl/day (2004)

Oil consumption

27,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil exports

transshipments of 41,290 bbl/day (2004)

Oil imports

NA bbl/day

Oil proved reserves

0 bbl

Natural gas production

0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas consumption

0 cu m (2004 est.)

Exports

$451 million (2005 est.)

Exports commodities

mineral products and salt, animal products, rum, chemicals, fruit and vegetables

Exports partners

Spain 23.3%, US 20.7%, Poland 14.1%, Germany 7.2%, UK 6%, Guatemala 5.1% (2006)

Imports

$2.16 billion (2005 est.)

Imports commodities

machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals

Imports partners

US 20.9%, South Korea 17.9%, Brazil 16.8%, Japan 11.1%, Spain 6.1% (2006)

Debt external

$342.6 million (2004 est.)

Economic aid recipient

$5 million (2004)

Currency code

Bahamian dollar (BSD)

Exchange rates

Bahamian dollars per US dollar - 1 (2006), 1 (2005), 1 (2004), 1 (2003), 1 (2002)

Communications - Bahamas, The:

Fiscal year

1 July - 30 June

Telephones main lines in use

133,100 (2005)

Telephones mobile cellular

227,800 (2005)

Telephone system

general assessment: modern facilities
domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed
international: country code - 1-242; tropospheric scatter and submarine cable to Florida; 3 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth station - 2 (2005)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2006)

Television broadcast stations

2 (2006)

Internet country code

.bs

Internet hosts

591 (2006)

Internet users

103,000 (2005)

Transportation - Bahamas, The:

Airports

64 (2006)

Airports with paved runways

total: 29
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Airports with unpaved runways

total: 35
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 22 (2006)

Heliports

1 (2006)

Roadways

total: 2,693 km
paved: 1,546 km
unpaved: 1,147 km (1999)

Merchant marine

total: 1,177 ships (1000 GRT or over) 37,743,270 GRT/50,918,747 DWT
by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 253, cargo 250, chemical tanker 64, container 79, liquefied gas 35, livestock carrier 2, passenger 115, passenger/cargo 34, petroleum tanker 175, refrigerated cargo 114, roll on/roll off 20, specialized tanker 5, vehicle carrier 30
foreign-owned: 1,093 (Angola 5, Australia 2, Belgium 13, Canada 18, China 3, Cuba 1, Cyprus 13, Denmark 59, Estonia 1, Finland 8, France 37, Germany 22, Greece 232, Hong Kong 8, Iceland 1, India 1, Indonesia 4, Ireland 2, Israel 1, Italy 5, Japan 51, Jordan 2, Kenya 1, Latvia 1, Malaysia 12, Monaco 17, Montenegro 2, Netherlands 24, Nigeria 2, Norway 259, Philippines 1, Poland 15, Reunion 1, Russia 6, Saudi Arabia 12, Singapore 12, Slovenia 1, Spain 12, Sweden 6, Switzerland 2, Thailand 1, Turkey 8, UAE 16, UK 69, Uruguay 2, US 121, Venezuela 1)
registered in other countries: 4 (Barbados 1, Liberia 1, Panama 2) (2006)

Ports and terminals

Freeport, Nassau, South Riding Point

Military - Bahamas, The:

Military branches

Royal Bahamian Defense Force: Marines, Air Wing (2006)

Military service age and obligation

18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)

Manpower available for military service

males age 18-49: 73,121 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service

males age 18-49: 44,309 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually

males age 18-49: 2,804 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures percent of gdp

0.5% (2006)

Disputes international

disagrees with the US on the alignment of a potential maritime boundary; continues to monitor and interdict drug dealers and Haitian refugees in Bahamian waters

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