Where is The Bahamas?
About The Bahamas
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
The Bahamas is a collections of islands which form one country in the south of North America.
The Bahamas has a border with Atlantic Ocean.
The land is a low and flat with some small hills.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of The Bahamas, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 24 15N
Longitude - 76 00W
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The Bahamian flag is 3 equal horizontal
stripes of blue, gold and blue, with a balck equilateral triangle based on the flag pole side. The blue is the sea surrounded the gold of the beaches.
We have already written our own history of England but are asking schools in The Bahamas to provide us with a detailed history of
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The total land area of The Bahamas is 10,010 sq kms which is the 15th largest in North America.
The Bahamas has lakes, rivers and canals which total 3,870 sq kms.
The Bahamas has no boundaries with other countries
The Bahamas has a coastline of 3,542 kms which is the 5th longest in North America.
The highest point in The Bahamas is Mount Alvernia at 64 metres.
The total population of The Bahamas is 327,316 people, making it the 16th largest country in North America by population.
Of this number 166,977 are females and 160,339 million are males.
A person from The Bahamas is called a Bahamian.
To be a citizen of The Bahamas, one of your parents must be a citizen of The Bahamas. It is not sufficient to be born in The Bahamas. You have to live in The Bahamas for
between 6 to 9 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in The Bahamas, by population are:-
The birth rate in The Bahamas is 15.4 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in The Bahamas is 7.1 deaths per 1,000 people.
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the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.
There are 11.7 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 11.8 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 32.9 and for males is 30.6. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
We have no figures for the average age of a woman when she has her first child.
The elderly dependency ratio is 11.7. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 8.5. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
The Bahamas spends 7.7% of its total income on health care.
There are 2.82 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 2.9 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
31.6% of the population are estimated as obese.
98.4% of the urban population and 98.4% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
92.0% of the urban population and 92.0% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer. a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
We have no figures for the amount that The Bahamas spends on education.
Children usually start school at age 5 in The Bahamas. Primary education is for six years until age 11 and compulsory secondary education must continue
till 16 but can go on to 18/19. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
Generally the school year consists of 3 terms and starts in the first week of September and finishes in the middle of June. There is usually a 2 week
break at Christmas and a 1 week break at Easter. There are breaks of between two and four days in the middle of each of the first two terms.
We have no figures for the number of people who are able to read and write by the age of 15.
30.8% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 32.2% are unemployed while with males 29.6% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in The Bahamas is 196,900.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 24 paved airports in The Bahamas, which is the 7th highest number in North America.
There are no railways in The Bahamas.
There are 1,620 kilometres of roads in The Bahamas, which means The Bahamas is in 15th place for the most kilometres of roads in North America.