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| Capital (and largest city) |
New Providence | |||||||
| Other Cities | Freetown and Spanish Wells | |||||||
| Language Official |
English | |||||||
| Others | Spanish | |||||||
| Religion Main |
Church of England | |||||||
| Others | Roman Catholics | |||||||
| Ethnic Group | European (English, Scots, Welsh, Irish, and Spanish) | |||||||
| Demonym | Bahamian | |||||||
| Government | Administered by the Eleutherian Adventurers. Colony of the Commonwealth of England | |||||||
| Legislature | General Assembly | |||||||
| Lord Protector | Charlotte Hastings-Rawle | |||||||
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| Area | 13,878 km² | |||||||
| Established | 1648 | |||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling and Spanish dollar | |||||||
The Bahamas is an island colony of the Commonwealth of England of the Lucayan Archipelago consisting of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean; north of Cuba and Hispaniola.
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