1. Bahamas

2. Capital City Nassau (222,000)
Population: 320,000
Land Area: 3,864 sq miles
Latitude/Longitude: 24ºN, 76ºW

3. Interesting Facts wide-spread archipelago that
includes over 700 islands, only
40 are inhabited.
The Bahamas is a Christian
country with the largest number
of churches per capita in the world.
In 2001, The Baha Men won a Grammy
Award for their hit Who Let the Dogs Out.

4. On 12 October 1492 Columbus
landed on a Bahamian island which
he named San Salvador (the savior).
The Bahamas was originally used
as a slave trading headquarters.
75°F Winter; 88°F Summer
clearest waters in the Caribbean

5. The Bermuda Triangle
Strange occurrences

6. Food Seafood is the staple of the Bahamian diet
Conch is a large type of ocean mollusk
that has firm, white, peach-fringed meat.
The Bahamian "rock lobster" is a spiny
variety without claws
boiled or baked land crabs
Fresh fish
peas 'n' rice

7. Flag