Bahamas
Basic Information
Official name: Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Native name: Bahamas
Population: 398,165
Area: 13,943 km²
Region: Americas
Sub Region: Caribbean
Capital: Nassau
Coordinates: 25.0343°, -77.3963°
Landlocked: No
Political & Administrative
UN Member: Yes
Independent: Yes
Status: officially-assigned
ISO Code (Alpha-2): BS
ISO Code (Alpha-3): BHS
Olympic Code: BAH
FIFA Code: BAH
Top level domain: .bs
Start of week: monday
Currencies
Bahamian dollar ($) - BSDUnited States dollar ($) - USD
Languages
English (eng)
Timezones
UTC-05:00
Continents
North America
Demonyms
eng: Bahamian/Bahamianfra: Bahamien/Bahamienne
Driving
Side: leftSign: BS
International Dialing
+1242
Coat of Arms
