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Caribbean domains: Bahamas (.bs)

Restrictions: Bahamian domains, None, except in a few of the third-level registrations such as .gov.bs

.bs is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Bahamas. It is administered by the College of the Bahamas.

Background Information :

Population

2007 estimate 330,549 (177th) - 1990 census 254,685 - Density 23.27/km2 (181st) 60/sq mi

GDP

(PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $8.310 billion (145th) - Per capita $24,960 (IMF) (38th)

National Anthem

"March On, Bahamaland" Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen"

Area

Total 13,878 km2 (160th) 5,358 sq mi - Water (%) 28%

International Dialling Code

1 242

Currency

Dollar (BSD)

Population type

85% Afro-Bahamian, 12% European, 3% Other

Government

Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II - Governor-General Arthur Dion Hanna - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham

Language

English

Motto

: "Forward, Upward, Onward Together"

Time Zone

EST (UTC␮5) - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC␮4). The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent, sovereign, English-speaking country consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands that form an archipelago. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of the United States; north of Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic & Haiti) and the Caribbean Sea; and northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It remains a Commonwealth realm.


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