Location
Highest Point: 207 ft - Mt. Alvernia on Cat Island
Location: Lat. 24.15° N | Long. 76.00° W
Distance from Florida: Bimini is the closest Bahamas island to the United States - about 40 miles from Miami
Population
Total Population: approximately 305,655 (2007 est.)
Family Island populations
(according to the last official census in 2000):
Abaco - 13,170
Acklins Island - 428
Andros - 7,686
Berry Islands - 709
Bimini - 1,717
Cat Island - 1,647
Crooked Island - 350
Eleuthera - Harbour Island and Spanish Wells - 11,165
Exumas - 3,571
Inagua - 969
Long Island - 2,992
Mayaguana - 259
New Providence - 210,832
Ragged Island - 72
Rum Cay and San Salvador - 1,050
Land
Total Bahamas Land Area: approximately 5,400 sq. miles
Island sizes in square miles:
Abaco - 649
Acklins - 150
Andros - 2,300
Berry Islands - 12
Bimini - 9
Cat Island - 150
Crooked Island - 92
Eleuthera - 200
Great Exuma and Little Exuma - 72
Exuma Cays - 40
Grand Bahama - 530
Great Inagua - 592
Little Inagua - 49
Long Island - 173
Mayaguana - 110
New Providence 80
Ragged Island - 9
Rum Cay - 30
San Salvador - 63
Economy
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $6.556 billion (2006 est.)
Per capita GDP: $21,600 (2006 est.)
Currency: $1 Bahamian (BSD) = $1 US
Government and Law
Independence: (from Britain) July 10, 1973
Parliamentary democracy
Bicameral Parliament consisting of a 16-seat Senate and a 41-seat House of Assembly.
Fve-year terms
The Prime Minister is the head of government. Currently serving is Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, of the Free National Movement party (FNM), elected in May 2007.
Legal system is based on English common law, with the Privy Council in London being the highest court of the Bahamas.
