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[[AC:The Bahamian flag]]
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bahamas_flag_5324.png
->The black triangle symbolizes the people's unity and determination. The islands' geographic situation is symbolized by two aquamarine stripes of the seas separated by the yellow stripe of the land.

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[[AC:The !!Famous Bahamians and people of Bahamian flag]]
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bahamas_flag_5324.png
->The black triangle symbolizes
descent:
* Creator/EstherRolle's parents were Bahamians who immigrated to
the people's unity United States shortly before she was born.
* Creator/SidneyPoitier was born in Miami to Bahamian parents,
and determination. The islands' geographic situation is symbolized by two aquamarine stripes of grew up in the seas separated by Bahamas.
* Creator/DianaSands, whose most famous role is as a costar with
the yellow stripe of above Poitier in ''Film/ARaisinInTheSun'', was born to a Bahamian father.
* Creator/AlRoker was born to a Bahamian father in New York. His third cousin is Music/LennyKravitz; their grandparents were cousins who migrated from
the land.Bahamas together.
* Creator/RickFox's father is Bahamian, and he spent most of his childhood in the Bahamas.
* Creator/MichaelKWilliams (''Series/TheWire'') has maternal Bahamian ancestry.
* Creator/PersiaWhite grew up in the Bahamas but later moved to the U.S.
* Voice actress Creator/MarykeHendrikse. Born in Nassau, moved to Toronto when she was two.
* Music/TPain (Faheem Rashad Najm) grew up in a Bahamian Muslim family in Tallahassee.
* [[Creator/TahjMowry Tahj]], [[Creator/TiaMowry Tia]], and Creator/TameraMowry are of Bahamian descent on their mother's side.



!!The Bahamas in media:
* Disney's abandoned Treasure Island in the Bahamas plays a small but pivotal role in ''Literature/AbandonedByDisney'', and becomes the central location of the fan game ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtTreasureIsland''. [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/disney-blunder/ It is based on a real project]] that Disney developed in the Abaco Islands.
* Rivaling documentaries ''Film/{{Fyre}}'' and ''Film/FyreFraud'' chronicle the infamous [[ShoddyShindig Fyre Festival]], which was held on a "private island that was once owned by Pablo Escobar". In reality, the festival was held on the Great Exuma, which has a couple of settlements, a public airport, and is anything but a private island. [[FromBadToWorse And that's just the beginning]].
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[[AC:The Bahamian flag]]
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bahamas_flag_5324.png
->The black triangle symbolizes the people's unity and determination. The islands' geographic situation is symbolized by two aquamarine stripes of the seas separated by the yellow stripe of the land.
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* '''Area:''' 13,878 km
(5,358 sq mi) (155th)

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* '''Area:''' 13,878 km
sq km (5,358 sq mi) (155th)
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** Governor-General: Sir Cornelius A. Smith
** Prime Minister: Hubert Minnis

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** Governor-General: Sir Cornelius Cynthia A. Smith
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** Prime Minister: Hubert MinnisPhilip Davis
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[[http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb2/home.nsf/vContentW/F1D7AA0803E7FFEF06256F02007F5607 The Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas The Other Wiki]] have all the factual data you ought to know about the country. Unfortunately this has not stopped many (mostly residing in continental UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica) from mistakenly equating this beautiful chain of islands with UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}. The blame for this rests solely on lazy Hollywood casting directors who automatically assume that the [[AccentTropes Jamaican accent is universal]] throughout the Caribbean.

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[[http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb2/home.nsf/vContentW/F1D7AA0803E7FFEF06256F02007F5607 The Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas The Other Wiki]] have all the factual data you ought to know about the country. Unfortunately this has not stopped many (mostly residing in continental UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica) from mistakenly equating this beautiful chain of islands with UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}. The blame for this rests solely on lazy Hollywood casting directors who automatically assume that the [[AccentTropes Jamaican accent is universal]] throughout the Caribbean.
UsefulNotes/TheCaribbean.
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[[http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb2/home.nsf/vContentW/F1D7AA0803E7FFEF06256F02007F5607 The Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas The Other Wiki]] have all the factual data you ought to know about the country. Unfortunately this has not stopped many (mostly residing in continental North America) from mistakenly equating this beautiful chain of islands with UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}. The blame for this rests solely on lazy Hollywood casting directors who automatically assume that the [[AccentTropes Jamaican accent is universal]] throughout the Caribbean.

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[[http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb2/home.nsf/vContentW/F1D7AA0803E7FFEF06256F02007F5607 The Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas The Other Wiki]] have all the factual data you ought to know about the country. Unfortunately this has not stopped many (mostly residing in continental North America) UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica) from mistakenly equating this beautiful chain of islands with UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}. The blame for this rests solely on lazy Hollywood casting directors who automatically assume that the [[AccentTropes Jamaican accent is universal]] throughout the Caribbean.
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Officially known as the '''Commonwealth of The Bahamas''', The Bahamas is an archipelago east of the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates that achieved independence from Britain in 1973, whose gorgeous weather and beaches make it a popular resort for tourism as well as an idyllic location for films like the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series (though the majority of said films were shot in UsefulNotes/SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines), Film/JamesBond (''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}''), ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'', ''Why Did I Get Married 2'' and ''[[Film/JackFrost1997 Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman]]''.

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Officially known as the '''Commonwealth of The Bahamas''', The Bahamas is an archipelago east of the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates that achieved independence from Britain the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom in 1973, whose gorgeous weather and beaches make it a popular resort for tourism as well as an idyllic location for films like the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series (though the majority of said films were shot in UsefulNotes/SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines), Film/JamesBond (''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}''), ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'', ''Why Did I Get Married 2'' and ''[[Film/JackFrost1997 Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman]]''.
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Officially known as the '''Commonwealth of The Bahamas''', The Bahamas is an archipelago east of the United States of America that achieved independence from Britain in 1973, whose gorgeous weather and beaches make it a popular resort for tourism as well as an idyllic location for films like the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series (though the majority of said films were shot in UsefulNotes/SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines), Film/JamesBond (''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}''), ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'', ''Why Did I Get Married 2'' and ''[[Film/JackFrost1997 Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman]]''.

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Officially known as the '''Commonwealth of The Bahamas''', The Bahamas is an archipelago east of the United States of America UsefulNotes/UnitedStates that achieved independence from Britain in 1973, whose gorgeous weather and beaches make it a popular resort for tourism as well as an idyllic location for films like the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series (though the majority of said films were shot in UsefulNotes/SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines), Film/JamesBond (''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}''), ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'', ''Why Did I Get Married 2'' and ''[[Film/JackFrost1997 Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman]]''.
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** Monarch: Elizabeth II

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** Monarch: Elizabeth IICharles III
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* '''Lowest point:''' Atlantic Ocean (3,646 m/11,962 ft) (-)

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* '''Lowest point:''' Atlantic Ocean (3,646 m/11,962 ft) (-)(-3,646 m/-11,962 ft)
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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft) (209th)

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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft) (209th)(199th)
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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft) (194th)

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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft) (194th)(209th)
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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft) (193rd)

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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft) (193rd)(194th)
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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft) (193th)

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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft) (193th)(193rd)
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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft (193th)

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* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft ft) (193th)
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* '''Country calling code:''' [[UsefulNotes/NorthAmericanNumberingPlan 1]] (area code 242)

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* '''Country calling code:''' [[UsefulNotes/NorthAmericanNumberingPlan 1]] (area code 242)242)
* '''Highest point:''' Mount Alvernia (163 m/207 ft (193th)
* '''Lowest point:''' Atlantic Ocean (3,646 m/11,962 ft) (-)
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* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' BS

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* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' BSBS
* '''Country calling code:''' [[UsefulNotes/NorthAmericanNumberingPlan 1]] (area code 242)
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* '''Population:''' 385,637 (177th)

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* '''Population:''' 385,637 (177th)385,637

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