AREA ................................................
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13.940
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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299.697 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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21,5 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Nassau
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census)
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Bahamian dollar (BSD)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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17843 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,587 (48th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Mount Alvernia, Cat Island 63 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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10 July 1973 (from UK)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Parliamentary Democracy in the Commonwealth context
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.bs
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+1242
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