The Islands of Bahamas

The Bahamas, or the Commonwealth of the Bahamas for official purposes, is an English-speaking country located in the Caribbean. The Bahamas is an archipelago of 700 islands in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida, north of Cuba and the rest of the Caribbean and west of the Turks and Caicos Islands under British dependency.

The History

The first step of Christopher Columbus in the New World in 1492 was undoubtedly on the island of San Salvador, located in the Bahamas. There are met with friendly Arawaks (otherwise known as Lucaian, who gave his first name to the archipelago: the islands Lucayes) American with whom they exchanged present. The Americans also live in Jamaica. Britain has been established in the islands in the seventeenth century and turned into a colony in 1783. Since gaining independence in 1973, the Bahamas have developed their tourism, international banks and investment management.

Since 1999, the Bahamas include 32 districts:

• Acklins
• Berry Islands
• Bimini Islands
• Black Point
• Cat Island
• Central Abaco
• Central Andros
• Central Eleuthera
• City of Freeport
• Crooked Island
• East Grand Bahama
• Exuma
• Grand Cay
• Harbour Island
• Hope Town
• Inagua
• Long Island
• Mangrove Cay
• Mayaguana
• Moore’s Island
• New Providence
• North Abaco
• North Andros
• North Eleuthera
• Ragged Island
• Rum Cay
• San Salvador
• South Abaco
• South Andros
• South Eleuthera
• Spanish Wells

The largest island of Andros Bahamas is in the west. The island of New Providence, east of Andros, is the site of the capital, Nassau and accounts for two-thirds of the total population. The other major islands are Grand Bahama in the north and Inagua in the south.

Most of the islands - coral formations - are relatively flat, with some low hills, the highest of which is Mount Alvernia on Cat Island, 63 m. The local climate is tropical, moderated by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, with a few hurricanes or tropical storms.Weather

Weather

Bahamas has a tropical and subtropical climate between being moderated by the influence of the waters of the Gulf Stream, especially in winter. These islands, as the whole Caribbean, suffer the brunt of hurricanes, whose season lasts from late summer to late fall. “Hurricane Andrew” hit the northern islands in 1992, “almost all” Floyd in 1999, and “French”, in 2004, is regarded as one of the worst.