Bahamas

Regions

Acklins and Crooked Islands
Berry Islands District
Bimini
Black Point
Cat Island
Central Abaco
Central Andros
Central Eleuthera
Crooked Island and Long Cay
East Grand Bahama
Exuma
Freeport
Fresh Creek
Governorʼs Harbour
Grand Cay
Green Turtle Cay
Harbour Island
High Rock
Hope Town
Inagua
Kemps Bay
Long Island
Mangrove Cay
Marsh Harbour
Mayaguana
Moore’s Island
New Providence
North Abaco
North Andros
North Eleuthera
Ragged Island
Rock Sound
Rum Cay
San Salvador
Sandy Point
South Abaco
South Andros
South Eleuthera
Spanish Wells
West Grand Bahama

Country information

Country: Bahamas
Population: 301,790 inhabitants  (Last modified: 6/01/2012 )
Area 13,940 km²
Capital: Nassau
Currency: Dollar (BSD)
Phone code: +-241
Languages: en-BS
Domain name: .bs
Postcode form:
Postcode regex:
ISO3: BHS
Neighbors:
Fips: BF

Current local time in Bahamas

Current Date:
Tuesday 10 December 2019
Current Time:
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Time Zone: America/Nassau
GMT/UTC: -5  hours
DST started: Sunday, 03 November 2019, 06:00
DST will end: Sunday, 08 March 2020, 07:00


*GMT/UTC - Standard Time Zone
*DST - Daylight Saving Time

Upcoming public holidays

Date Weekday Public holiday name Public holiday type
December 22 Sunday December Solstice Season
December 24 Tuesday Christmas Eve Silent Day
December 25 Wednesday Christmas Day National holiday
December 26 Thursday Boxing Day National holiday
December 31 Tuesday New Year's Eve Observance
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Date Weekday Public holiday name Public holiday type
January 1 Wednesday New Year's Day National holiday
January 10 Friday Majority Rule Day Public Holiday
February 14 Friday Valentine's Day Observance
March 8 Sunday Daylight Saving Time starts Daylight Saving Time
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Tide times and tide charts

Abrahams Bay, Mayaguana Island Clarence Harbor, Long Island Datum Bay, Acklins Island
Elbow Cay, Cay Sal Bank Eleuthera Island (east coast) Eleuthera Island (west coast)
Freeport Harbour, Grand Bahama ... Fresh Creek, Andros Island Green Turtle Cay
Little Inagua Island Matthew Town, Great Inagua Isl ... Memory Rock
Nassau, New Providence Island North Bimini North Cat Cay
Nurse Channel Pelican Harbour, Abaco Island San Salvador (Watling Island)
Settlement Point, Grand Bahama ... Steventon, Great Exuma Island
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Geographic information

Latitude in decimal degrees: 25.04082
Longitude in decimal degrees: -77.37122
Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds: 25° 2' 27" North
Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds: 77° 22' 16" West
Height above sea level: 20 m,   65.62 ft,   787.4 in
Geographical feature: A (Administrative region type feature)
Feature designation code: A.PCLI (independent political entity)