Bahamas Culture
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Bahamas
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The Bahamas stands out among the Commonwealth Caribbean nations because of its relative wealth and prosperity, political stability, and clos...
Geography
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The Bahamas is an archipelago of approximately 700 flat, lowlying islands in the western Atlantic Ocean. It extends from eighty kilometers e...
Population
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According to the 1980 census, the Bahamas had a population of 209,505. Unofficial estimates in mid-1986 placed the population at 235,000. Ce...
Education
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Education in the Bahamas was mandatory between the ages of five and fourteen. In early 1987, the Ministry of Education was responsible for 2...
Health and Welfare
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The Bahamas in general had a healthy population in the mid1980s . Substantial progress had been made in the country's health care over t...
Economy
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In the mid-1980s, the Bahamas was classified as an upper middle-income developing country and ranked among the wealthiest nations in the Car...
Tourism
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As already indicated, tourism has been the motor of the Bahamian economy for the past several decades; the nation's geography, including...
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