Commonwealth of the Bahamas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Commonwealth_of_the_Bahamas
GPTKB entity
Statements (78)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Country
gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:areaTotalKm2 13,878
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Nassau
gptkbp:climate tropical savannah
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Bahamas
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Long_Island
gptkb:Cat_Island
gptkb:Abaco_Islands
gptkb:New_Providence
gptkb:Acklins
gptkb:Andros_Island
gptkb:Berry_Islands
gptkb:Bimini
gptkb:Crooked_Island
gptkb:Eleuthera
gptkb:Exuma
gptkb:Grand_Bahama
gptkb:Inagua
gptkb:Mayaguana
gptkb:Ragged_Island
gptkb:Rum_Cay
gptkb:San_Salvador_Island
gptkbp:continent gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:currency gptkb:BSD
gptkb:Bahamian_dollar
gptkbp:demonym Bahamian
gptkbp:dialCode +1-242
gptkbp:drivesOn left
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans Christopher Columbus, 1492
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Bahamas
gptkbp:formerColonyOf gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:foundedYear 10 July 1973
gptkbp:GDP $13.4 billion (2022 est.)
gptkbp:governmentType parliamentary constitutional monarchy
gptkbp:HDI 0.812 (2021)
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Mount_Alvernia
63 m
gptkbp:houseOfAssembly gptkb:House_of_Assembly
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Commonwealth of the Bahamas
gptkbp:independenceDate gptkb:United_Kingdom
10 July 1973
gptkbp:internetTLD .bs
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code BHS
BS
044
gptkbp:judicialBranch gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_Bahamas
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Nassau
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Parliament_of_the_Bahamas
gptkbp:lifeExpectancy about 73 years
gptkbp:lowestPoint gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
0 m
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkb:Organization_of_American_States
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:CARICOM
gptkbp:monarch gptkb:Charles_III
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Forward,_Upward,_Onward,_Together
gptkbp:nationalAnthem gptkb:March_On,_Bahamaland
gptkbp:nationalFlower yellow elder
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Turks_and_Caicos_Islands
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Commonwealth_of_the_Bahamas
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:populationEstimate about 400,000
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Philip_Davis
gptkbp:region gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Bahamas
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:bird
gptkbp:timezone UTC−5
gptkbp:timezoneDST UTC−4
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite none
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blue_marlin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7