Acklins Island Beach
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Acklins Island is an island in the Bahamas. It is part of the same atoll as Crooked Island and Long Cay.

The history of the island is closely linked to that of the island of Crooked Island. The island was populated by American colonists loyalists islands, which were ousted from the United States in the years 1780 and who settled in the island to practice cultivating cotton with slave. After the abolition of slavery, the people developed a fishing and farming and trade fit sponges.

The population of the island to sharply declined since 1561 had residents in 1901, compared with 428 in 2000. The main city is Salina Point (129 inhabitants). Its area according to the Government bahaméen is 403 km2, but it varies from 311 km2 to 507.5 km2 [1] according to other agencies.

Acklins is one of 32 districts in the Bahamas. The district consists of the island of Acklins and some smaller islands and bears the number 1 on the map.