"the Bahamas in exchange for East Florida under the Treaty of Paris. Capture of the Bahamas (1782) The Capture of the Bahamas took place in May 1782 during the Anglo-Spanish War when a Spanish force under the command of Juan Manuel Cajigal arrived on the island of New Providence near Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. The British commander at Nassau, John Maxwell decided to surrender the island without a fight when confronted by the superior force. Spain had entered the American War of Independence in 1779 and launched a campaign to drive the British out of the Gulf of"
"the Caribbean, the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. According to 1995 estimates, 98.2% of the Bahamian adult population is literate. The Bahamas The Bahamas (), known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago. The archipelagic state consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the United States state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The capital is Nassau on the island of New"
"the 1929 Bahamas hurricane; winds of up to were recorded. Many lives were lost, and there was extensive damage to buildings, homes, and boats. Atlantic Ocean, chain islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba and northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Geographic coordinates (capital city Nassau): 25°4′N 77°20′W Party to these agreements: Geography of the Bahamas The Bahamas are a group of about 700 islands and cays in the western Atlantic Ocean, of which only between 30 and 40 are inhabited. The largest of the islands is Andros Island, located north of Cuba and"
"John Marquis, was reviewed in the ""Wall Street Journal"" and identified as being in the top five books in its genre. Marquis was managing editor of the Bahamas' daily newspaper, ""The Tribune"", for ten years from 1999 to 2009. Nassau has six sister cities worldwide: Nassau, Bahamas Nassau () is the capital and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has an estimated population of 274,400 as of 2016, just over 70% of the population of the country (≈391,000). Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is located about west of Nassau city centre,"
"Mayaguana Mayaguana is the easternmost island and district of the Bahamas. Its population was 277 in the 2010 census. It has an area of about . About north of Great Inagua and southeast of the capital Nassau, Mayaguana is considered the halfway point between South Florida and Puerto Rico and is about off Palm Beach, Florida. It is a popular stopover for boaters on a direct route to the eastern Caribbean. It also was one of the first islands that Christopher Columbus landed on during his journey to the new world. Mayaguana was inhabited by Lucayans prior to the arrival"
"2017. Mayaguana Mayaguana is the easternmost island and district of the Bahamas. Its population was 277 in the 2010 census. It has an area of about . About north of Great Inagua and southeast of the capital Nassau, Mayaguana is considered the halfway point between South Florida and Puerto Rico and is about off Palm Beach, Florida. It is a popular stopover for boaters on a direct route to the eastern Caribbean. It also was one of the first islands that Christopher Columbus landed on during his journey to the new world. Mayaguana was inhabited by Lucayans prior to the"
"of Hesse-Nassau, the historical and geographical region Nassau, Nassau County, New York, and the capital city of Nassau, Bahamas. Historically, Long Island in New York State was also called ""Nassau"" though the name passed out of use. The earliest known surviving mention of Nassau refers to the ""Villa Nassova"" estate of the Bishopric of Worms in a 915 deed. In 1348 the Emperor Charles IV granted Nassau town-privileges rights together with nearby Dausenau and Scheuern. Count Dudo-Heinrich of Laurenburg had the Nassau Castle built about 1100 and his descendants began to call themselves the Counts of Nassau. Count Adolf of"
"New Providence New Providence is the most populous island in The Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. It is the location of the national capital city of Nassau, whose boundaries are coincident with the island; it had a population of 246,329 at the 2010 Census; the latest estimate (2016) is 274,400 . The island was originally under Spanish control following Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World, but the Spanish government showed little interest in developing the island (and The Bahamas as a whole). Nassau, the island's largest city, was formerly known as Charles-town, but it was"
"burned to the ground by the Spanish in 1684. It was laid out and renamed Nassau in 1695 by Nicholas Trott, the most successful Lord Proprietor, in honor of the Prince of Orange-Nassau who became William III of England. The three branches of Bahamian Government: the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary, are all headquartered on New Providence. New Providence functions as the main commercial hub of The Bahamas. It is also home to more than 400 banks and trust companies, and its hotels and port account for more than two thirds of the four million-plus tourists who visit The"
"Baha Mar Baha Mar is a 1,000-acre resort complex on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, close to its capital Nassau. Owned by Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, the establishment opened in April 2017. The amenities include three hotels (a Grand Hyatt, SLS Baha Mar, and the Rosewood) with a total of 2,200 rooms, 284 private residences, a casino of , a spa, and a Tournament Players Club golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus. On 30 March 2010 an agreement on the redevelopment of the resort was announced between a local Bahamas based investor and the government,"
"hotels offering gambling. Two-thirds of the ~400,000 Bahamians live on New Providence, although this proportion has fallen somewhat with the development of Freeport on Grand Bahama. New Providence New Providence is the most populous island in The Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. It is the location of the national capital city of Nassau, whose boundaries are coincident with the island; it had a population of 246,329 at the 2010 Census; the latest estimate (2016) is 274,400 . The island was originally under Spanish control following Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World, but the Spanish government"
"purpose of the Bill and the reason why it is necessary. Parliament of the Bahamas The Parliament of The Bahamas is the bicameral national parliament of Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The parliament is formally made up by the Queen (represented by the Governor-General), an appointed Senate, and an elected House of Assembly. It currently sits at Nassau, the national capital. The structure, functions, and procedures of the parliament are based on the Westminster system. Originally inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taino people, the Bahamas were the site of Columbus' first landfall in the New World in"
"Parliament of the Bahamas The Parliament of The Bahamas is the bicameral national parliament of Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The parliament is formally made up by the Queen (represented by the Governor-General), an appointed Senate, and an elected House of Assembly. It currently sits at Nassau, the national capital. The structure, functions, and procedures of the parliament are based on the Westminster system. Originally inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taino people, the Bahamas were the site of Columbus' first landfall in the New World in 1492. Although the Spanish never colonized the Bahamas, they shipped the"
"The Bahamas is the bicameral national parliament of Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The parliament is formally made up by the Queen (represented by the Governor-General), an appointed Senate, and an elected House of Assembly. It currently sits at Nassau, the national capital. The structure, functions, and procedures of the parliament are based on the Westminster system. Members of the Jatiya Sangsad, or National Assembly, are elected every five years and are referred to in English as members of Parliament. The assembly has directly elected 300 seats, and further 50 reserved selected seats for women. The Parliament of Canada consists of"
"5,000 inhabitants . The town of Nassau became the namesake of the Duchy of Nassau, the royal House of Nassau and its branch named the House of Orange-Nassau, and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Its name has also spawned a multitude of other namings in the Americas, such as Nassau, the capital city of the Bahamas, and Nassau County, New York, in the United States. The name also occurs in the titles of ships, buildings, and even a type of bet used in golf. Located in Nassau, south of the Lahn River, is the Nassau Castle. It is the eponymous"
"serves as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nassau (""Archidioecesis Nassaviensis""), follows the Latin or Roman rite and its Metropolitan Archbishop is Patrick Christopher Pinder. The current cathedral is just 17 meters from the old building called Old Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier. St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Nassau The St. Francis Xavier Cathedral is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church and located in the West Street near the National Art Museum in the city of Nassau capital of the archipelago of the Bahamas in the Greater Antilles. As its name indicates its"
"court (sidestepping Bahamas jurisdiction) but dismissed in September. A Bahamian judge subsequently put provisional liquidators in charge. In December 2016, Chow Tai Fook agreed to buy Baha Mar from the Exim Bank. Chow Tai Fook assumed management of the property in March 2017, and completed its purchase in December 2017. The resort initially opened with only one hotel, the Grand Hyatt. The SLS opened in November 2017, followed by the Rosewood in June 2018. Baha Mar Baha Mar is a 1,000-acre resort complex on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, close to its capital Nassau. Owned by Hong"
"Lynden Pindling International Airport Lynden Pindling International Airport , formerly known as Nassau International Airport (1957-2006), is the largest airport in the Bahamas and the largest international gateway into the country. It is a major hub for Bahamasair, Western Air and SkyBahamas and is located in western New Providence island near the capital city of Nassau. During World War II on 30 December 1942, the airport was named Windsor Field (after the Duke of Windsor) and became a Royal Air Force station. Windsor Field was the second airport in The Bahamas and was used for delivery flights of US-built fighter"
"Geography of the Bahamas The Bahamas are a group of about 700 islands and cays in the western Atlantic Ocean, of which only between 30 and 40 are inhabited. The largest of the islands is Andros Island, located north of Cuba and southeast of Florida. The Bimini islands are to its northwest. To the North is the island of Grand Bahama, home to the second-largest city in the country, Freeport. The island of Great Abaco is to its east. In the far south is the island of Great Inagua, the second-largest island in the country. Other notable islands include Eleuthera,"
"include: Central Bank of The Bahamas The Central Bank of the Bahamas is the reserve bank of the Bahamas based in the capital Nassau. The bank was established in 1974 but traces its origins to the currency board established in 1919. The bank carries out the independent monetary policy and supervision of the financial sector of the Bahamas. In 1919, the British Government established the Board of Commissioners of Currency to issue local Bahamian currency pegged to the pound sterling. The Board helped promote the Bahamas' emergence as an international currency trading and banking center during the 1960s and 70s."
"Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau () is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the islands of the former British dependency of the Bahamas. The Archdiocese is the Metropolitan responsible for the suffragan diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda and the Mission sui iuris of Turks and Caicos, and is a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. The diocese was originally erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of the Bahama in March 1929, and was subsequently elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of the Bahama Islands in January"
"various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. The city was named in honour of William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau, deriving its name from Nassau, Germany. Nassau's modern growth began in the late eighteenth century, with the influx of thousands of American Loyalists and their slaves to the Bahamas following the American War of Independence. Many of them settled in Nassau (then and still the commerce capital of the Bahamas) and eventually came to outnumber the original inhabitants. As the population of Nassau grew, so did its populated areas. Today the city dominates"
"Central Bank of The Bahamas The Central Bank of the Bahamas is the reserve bank of the Bahamas based in the capital Nassau. The bank was established in 1974 but traces its origins to the currency board established in 1919. The bank carries out the independent monetary policy and supervision of the financial sector of the Bahamas. In 1919, the British Government established the Board of Commissioners of Currency to issue local Bahamian currency pegged to the pound sterling. The Board helped promote the Bahamas' emergence as an international currency trading and banking center during the 1960s and 70s. By"
"of October 1977. There was a further visit to Nassau for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October 1985. Earlier that year, Independence Day celebrations on the islands were attended by The Prince of Wales. The Queen returned again to The Bahamas in March 1994. Prince Harry also visited on 3 to 5 March 2012, during his tour of the Caribbean for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Monarchy of the Bahamas The monarchy of the Bahamas is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The current monarch and head"
"Paradise Island Paradise Island is an island in the Bahamas formerly known as Hog Island. The island, with an area of (2.8 km/1.1 sq mi), is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau, which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of New Providence. It is best known for the sprawling resort Atlantis with its extensive water park rides, pools, beach, restaurants, walk-in aquarium and casinos. Paradise Island is connected to the island of New Providence by two bridges that cross Nassau Harbour. The first was built in 1966 by Resorts International, and the"
"the Bahama‘s second city. Bank secrecy combined with the lack of corporate and income taxes led to a rapid growth in the offshore financial sector during the postwar years. The fourth James Bond film, ""Thunderball"", was partly filmed in 1965 in Nassau. By the early 1980s, the islands had become a major center for the drug trade, with 90% of all the cocaine entering the United States reportedly passing through the Bahamas. Diplomatic relations were established with Cuba in 1974. A decade later, as increased Cuban immigration to the islands strained the Bahamas’ resources, Cuba refused to sign a letter"
"Church of St. Agnes, Church of St. Michael and Church of St. Vincent de Paul. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Freeport The Mary Star of the Sea Church is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in East Sunrise Highway in the city of Freeport the second largest in the Bahamas. Follow the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau (""Archidioecesis Nassaviensis"") based in the capital, Nassau, all religious services are conducted in English. This is one of 5 of Catholic churches located on Grand Bahama"
"St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Nassau The St. Francis Xavier Cathedral is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church and located in the West Street near the National Art Museum in the city of Nassau capital of the archipelago of the Bahamas in the Greater Antilles. As its name indicates its pattern is Francisco Javier, a religious and Spanish missionary, a member of the precursor group of the Society of Jesus and close associate of its founder, Ignatius of Loyola, and was canonized by the Church under the name of St. Francis Xavier. The temple"
"in June in order to create a long weekend for workers. The traditional date of Labour Day in the Bahamas, however, is 7 June, in commemoration of a significant workers' strike that began on that day in 1942. Labour Day is meant to honor and celebrate workers and the importance of their contributions to the nation and society. In the capital city, Nassau, thousands of people come to watch a parade through the streets, which begins at mid-morning. Bands in colorful uniforms, traditional African junkanoo performers, and members of various labour unions and political parties are all part of the"
"Mary Star of the Sea Church, Freeport The Mary Star of the Sea Church is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in East Sunrise Highway in the city of Freeport the second largest in the Bahamas. Follow the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau (""Archidioecesis Nassaviensis"") based in the capital, Nassau, all religious services are conducted in English. This is one of 5 of Catholic churches located on Grand Bahama Island in the northern part of the Bahamas, the others being the Haitian Mission, the"
"is a popular spot for boating. George Town, Bahamas George Town is a town in the Bahamas, located on Exuma island. It has a population of 2,488 (2012 estimates). The Government Building is a popular tourist attraction inspired by the architecture of the Government House in Nassau. The deep water harbor is a favorite spot for yachters. Pirates used the harbor in the 17th century and plantation owners from Virginia settled the town in the 18th century. During World War II the US Navy used the port. There are a number of shops and markets in George Town. Lake Victoria"
"Bahamasair Bahamasair Holdings Limited is an airline headquartered in Nassau. It is the national airline of the Bahamas and operates scheduled services to 32 domestic and regional destinations in the Caribbean and the United States from its base at Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS). Bahamasair was established by the Bahamas Government and started operations on 17 June 1973, by acquiring the routes of Flamingo Airlines and the operations and routes of Out Island Airways. The first flight was to Andros Island and the second to Freeport, Grand Bahama. The Bahamas Government purchased 51% of OIA and became the majority shareholder"
"local residents. The capital city, George Town, is home to many different shops and services that serve both the travelling public and residents of the islands. The islands have built a reputation as a luxury travel destination. The telephone area code for the island is 242. Known as the ""Grey Ghost"", bonefish can be found in the flat areas covered by as little as one foot of water. Their fair colouration is perfectly adapted as camouflage against the sandy ocean bottom, making the fish difficult to spot in spite of the clear Bahamian waters. Anglers may employ spin casting equipment,"