The Bahamas, in long form the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an English-speaking country and Commonwealth Kingdom located in the northern Caribbean Sea. The Bahamas archipelago occupies about 700 islands and islets of the Lucayan Islands located in the Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba, northwest of Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos Islands, the latter being under British rule. Its capital is Nassau, located on the island of New Providence. Its inhabitants are Bahamians. Its HDI and GDP make it one of the most developed countries in the Caribbean.
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