Bahama's a Country (nation state?)

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Hi,

I've been doing some research and trying to create a dive directory, and I decided that I didn't know about the bahamas. Are they a country? or is each Island a country?

How does that all work out? Are the a territory of some other nation?

Thanks!

 

[Jamdiver]

The Bahamas and all its islands constitute one country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is an independent English-speaking nation in the West Indies. An archipelago of 700 islands and cays (which are small islands), the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and west of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The Bahamas is an archipelago of some 700 islands and cays covering over 100,000 mi² (260,000 km&#178 of the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Hispaniola. The archipelago has a total land area of 5,382 square miles (13,939 km&#178—about 20% larger than Jamaica—and a population of some 310,000 concentrated on the islands of New Providence and Grand Bahama.

Hope this helps.

 

[mike_s]

Biggest common mistake I see people make when refferencing the Bahamas is saying that they are in the Caribbean. The Bahamas are located in the Atlantic Ocean.