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The Bahamas - Introduction 1993
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Background: Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973 The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management. By the early 1980s the islands had become a major center for drug trafficking particularly shipments to the US.


The Bahamas - Geography 1993
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Location: in the western North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida and northwest of Cuba

Geographic coordinates

Map reference:
Central America and the Caribbean, North America, Standard
Time Zones of the World


Area
Total: 13,940 km²
Land: 10,070 km²

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 3,542 km
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 3 nm

Maritime claims

Climate: tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

Terrain: long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills

Elevation

Natural resources: salt, aragonite, timber
Land use

Land use
Arable land: 1%
Permanent crops: 0%
Meadows and pastures: 0%
Forest and woodland: 32%
Other: 67%

Irrigated land: NA km²

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


The Bahamas - People 1993
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Population: 268,726 (July 1993 est.)
Growth rate: 1.62% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Bahamian(s)
Adjective: Bahamian

Ethnic groups: black 85%, white 15%

Languages: English, Creole, among Haitian immigrants

Religions:
Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%,
Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2%


Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 1.62% (1993 est.)

Birth rate

Death rate: 5.15 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.42 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: subject to hurricanes and other tropical storms that cause extensive flood damage
Current issues note: strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 31.6 deaths/1000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 72.02 years
Male: 68.19 years
Female: 75.96 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: age 15 and over but definition of literacy not available (1963)
Total population: 90%
Male: 90%
Female: 89%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


The Bahamas - Government 1993
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Country name
Conventional long form: The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Conventional short form: The Bahamas

Government type: commonwealth

Capital: Nassau

Administrative divisions:
21 districts; Acklins and Crooked Islands,
Bimini, Cat Island, Exuma, Freeport, Fresh Creek, Governor's Harbour, Green
Island, Rock Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador and Rum Cay


Dependent areas

Independence: 10 July 1973 (from UK)

National holiday: National Day, 10 July (1973)

Constitution: 10 July 1973

Legal system: based on English common law

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an appointed upper house or Senate and a directly elected lower house or House of Assembly

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:
ACP, C, CCC, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO,
ICFTU, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAS,
OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO


Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Timothy Baswell DONALDSON
In the us chancery: 2,220 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20,008
In the us telephone: (202) 319-2,660
In the us consulates general: Miami and New York
From the us embassy: Mosmar Building, Queen Street, Nassau
From the us mailing address: P. O. Box N-8,197, Nassau
From the us telephone: (809) 322-1181 or 328-2,206
From the us fax: (809) 328-7,838

Flag descriptionflag of The%20Bahamas: three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


The Bahamas - Economy 1993
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Economy overview: The Bahamas is a stable, middle-income, developing nation whose economy is based primarily on tourism and offshore banking. Tourism alone provides about 50% of GDP and directly or indirectly employs about 50,000 people or 40% of the local work force. The economy has slackened in recent years, as the annual increase in the number of tourists slowed. Nonetheless, per capita GDP is one of the highest in the region.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: 3% (1991)

Real gdp per capita: $10,200 (1991 est.)

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: accounts for 5% of GDP; dominated by small-scale producers; principal products-citrus fruit, vegetables, poultry; large net importer of food

Industries: tourism, banking, cement, oil refining and transshipment, salt production, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral welded steel pipe

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate 3% (1990; accounts for 15% of GDP

Labor force: 127,400
By occupation government: 30%
By occupation hotelsandrestaurants: 25%
By occupation businessservices: 10%
By occupation agriculture: 5% (1989)
Labor force

Unemployment rate: 16% (1991 est.)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $627.5 million; expenditures $727.5 million, including capital expenditures of $100 million (1992 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $306 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)
Commodoties: pharmaceuticals, cement, rum, crawfish
Partners: US 41%, Norway 30%, Denmark 4%

Imports: $1.14 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)
Commodoties: foodstuffs, manufactured goods, mineral fuels, crude oil
Partners: US 35%, Nigeria 21%, Japan 13%, Angola 11%

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: Bahamian dollar (B$) per US$1-1.00 (fixed rate)


The Bahamas - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 424,000 kW capacity; 929 million kWh produced, 3,599 kWh per capita (1992)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


The Bahamas - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


The Bahamas - Military 1993
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Military expenditures
Percent of gdp: exchange rate conversion-$65 million, 2.7% of GDP (1990)

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


The Bahamas - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 60
Usable: 55
With permanentsurface runways: 31
With runways over 3659 m: 0
With runways 24403 659 m: 3
With runways 1220-2439 m: 26

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine:
853 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,136,078
GRT/33,119,750 DWT; includes 53 passenger, 18 short-sea passenger, 159 cargo, 40 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 48 container, 6 vehicle carrier, 181 oil tanker, 14 liquefied gas, 22 combination ore/oil, 43 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 159 bulk, 7 combination bulk, 102 refrigerated cargo; note-a flag of convenience registry


Ports and terminals


The Bahamas - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international: none

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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