Bahamas

1. Elaine Truong
HR 306
Bahamas

2. - The
Arawak
Indians
were the
first
inhabitan
ts of the
Bahamas.

3. - They became an independent na
1973.

4. -The island was
renamed Eleuthera,
meaning freedom.

5. - The country’s latitude and
longitude is 25.0667°N and
77.33330°W.
- The country is only 21 miles long
and 14 miles across.
- It is about 5,382 Square miles.
- It is about 82°F and hotter in the
summer and 50°F in the spring.

6. Only about 30
island in
Bahamas are
in habited.

7. The Archipelago
has of about 700
islands and 2,400
inhabited islands.

8. There’s no rivers in the
Bahamas but there are a lot
of creeks like “Sandy Creek,
Deep Creek, Simon Creek”
etc.

9. There is no bordering country
near Bahamas because it is an
island nation.

10. This is the Bahamianflag.
The flag is baby
blue, yellow and
black. The black
is a triangle with
yellow and blue
stripes. The flag
was adopted on
July 10th, 1973.

11. Bahamas capital
city is Nassau.

12. Lucayan is one of Bahamas large
city.

13. Freeport is another large city in
Bahamas.

14. The population of
Bahamas is 377,374
people.

15. The government is a unitary state, constitutional
monarchy, parliamentary system.
This is the government building in Bahamas.

16. The Non-Perry Christie is the head of the governments.

17. These are the
Bahamian dollars.

18. They mostly speak
English and
Bahamian Dialect.
Christian is the
major religion in
Bahamas.

19. It is like 21° in the
Spring.
It is 85° and higher in
the Summer.
The rest of the year
is usually warmer.

20. Their famous drink there is “The Bahamas Mama”

22. Three major attractions a tourist might want to visit is :
- The Gold Rock Beach
- The Castaway Cave
- And The Thunderball Grotto

23. www.factmonster.com
www.worldatlas.com
www.geonames.org
www.wikipedia.org
Those are the
websites I used to find
all this information.