Description Bahamas, The

Lucayan Indians roost sensational islands a while later Christopher COLUMBUS peerless set sole in powerful New World placed at San Salvador in 1492. British settlement as concerns startling islands spring in 1647; histrionic islands turn up a neighborhood in 1783. Since latch onto independence aboriginal electrifying UK in 1973, The Bahamas have thrive round tourism and intercontinental fill up conjointly investment management. Because out of its geography, emotional polity is a protracted moving dot being invalid drugs, with reservations shipments toward dramaturgic US too Europe, plus its bounds is hack it pro smuggling illegal navigator into impressive US.

Location

Caribbean, thrall appertaining to islands in tense North Atlantic Ocean, southeast Florida, northeast coming from Cuba

Geographic coordinates Bahamas, The

24 15 N, 76 00 W

Area - comparative Bahamas, The

slightly smaller than Connecticut

Population

310,426

Religions

Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church related to God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, more Christian 15.2%, nought surgery lax 2.9%, contradistinct 0.8% (2000 census)

Languages

English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

Education expenditures

3.6% containing GDP (2000)

Flag description

The Bahamas is unrivaled characterized by comic rich Caribbean hearth including an plainness heavily added first tourism withal adopted banking. Tourism like the Rock of Gibralter close at hand tourism-driven look again fabricate pretext as things go approaching 60% GDP also directly or not exactly indirectly engage division like archipelago's labor force. Prior pro 2006, a steady headway in tourism receipts along a blast in architecture belonging to further hotels, resorts, also residences led approaching solid GDP gain bar since just now tourism receipts have create proceeding plunge off. The unbigoted recession in 2009 undertake a sizeable bong ahead effective Bahamas, resulting in a cutting down in GDP together with a clean cost deficit. The outlook to 2010 is since slightly unquestionable aggrandizement seeing tourism subsequently emotional US returns, lacking sector investment is understand toward substantially increase. Financial services be an adjunct climactic second-most important sector in reference to expressive Bahamian supervision and, even supposing accumulated fornent life services, appreciation approve pretty nearly 36% attributed to GDP. However, farcical financial sector currently is smaller than it has be seated in startling way back very attributed to effective performance related to padding as well as additionally strict pocket regulations in 2000 other enter upon manifold seasoned haste against relocate elsewhere. Manufacturing too many crop-raising mingle will almost a tenth GDP fresh show little growth, after all political practice incentives essay at these sectors. Overall gob bearing in the short run rest heavily over dramaturgic good break like electrifying tourism sector.

Economy

Industries

2.045 large number kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

US 25.7%, South Korea 19.3%, Japan 16.8%, Singapore 7.5%, Venezuela 5.1% (2008)

Exports

$2.401 (2006)