What country is Bahamas?

The Bahamas is an island country, located in the western Atlantic Ocean, southeast Florida, Cuba and the northern Caribbean, with 700 islands and coral reefs.

Bahamas is one of the three islands in the West Indies. Although it is considered as an island group in the Caribbean, it is actually not in the Caribbean, but in the North Atlantic Ocean outside the mouth of the Florida Strait. This archipelago consists of more than 700 islands and more than 2,400 reefs, with a total area of13,939 square kilometers, a population of 325,000 (in 2005), 85% of which are black, while others are a few whites, Indians and Indians, as well as mixed-race people, and a few Chinese who speak English. Nassau, the capital, has a population of 222,000.

A long time ago, Indians lived in the Bahamas. /kloc-in October, when Columbus first sailed to America, he landed on San Salvador Island (Watling Island) in the central Bahamas. The first European immigrants came here on 1647. 1649 The Governor of British Bermuda led a group of British people to occupy the islands. Britain declared the Bahamas a colony. 1783, Britain and Spain signed the Treaty of Versailles, which was officially recognized as Britain. 1964 65438+ 10 will implement internal autonomy. 1967,65438+10 held the first general election after autonomy, and Linden Pindling, a progressive party, became prime minister. 1972 the progressive liberal party defeated the separatist activities of anti-government forces at home and abroad and held an early general election. After the election, the party published the Green Paper on Independence, and the British government approved the Bahamas Independence Act. 1July 973 10 declared independence and became a member of the Commonwealth. 1On May 23rd, 997, People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas formally established diplomatic relations. In July of the same year, 19, China was at the embassy in Bassett. On June 20th, 2006, the Pakistani Embassy was established in China.

Although the Bahamas has more than 3,000 islands and coral reefs, only 30 can live in them. Many coral reefs are either too small or lack fresh water. The main island of the archipelago is called New Providence. This island is not the largest in the Bahamas, but it has good comprehensive conditions and was developed early. Therefore, Nassau, the capital of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is on this island.