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Nassau

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Nassau is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas, located on New Providence Island. It serves as the country's center of commerce, education, law, administration and media, and is historically notable as a former pirate stronghold. Named for William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau, the city was founded in 1670 as Charles Town and rebuilt as Nassau in 1695. It had a population of 296,732 as of 2022.

Facts
Population
296,732 1
2022 figure, from Nassau's own Wikipedia infobox.
Area (sq km)
210 1
Founding Year
1695 2
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Elevation (m)
10 1
Latitude
25.07806 degrees north 1
Longitude
77.33861 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 3
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Bahamas, Countries

Nassau is the capital of the Bahamas.

Source Nassau, Bahamas (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Bahamas, Countries
Source Nassau, Bahamas (Wikipedia)
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Bahamasair

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Source Wikidata: Bahamasairtier 2
Supreme Court of the Bahamas

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Source Supreme Court of the Bahamas (Wikipedia)Infobox: location
Quote, Infobox: location
Nassau Freeport Eight Mile Rock
Sources
1. Nassau, Bahamas (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    296,732
  • Infobox, area
    Total 210 km2 (80 sq mi)
  • Infobox, elevation
    10 m (33 ft)
  • Infobox, coordinates
    25 04 41 N 77 20 19 W
  • Infobox: established_date
    Founded in 1670 as Charles Town, rebuilt as Nassau in 1695
  • Lead section
    Nassau ( NASS-aw) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. It is on the island of New Providence, which has a population of 296,522, 74.26% of the country's total population.
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2. Nassau (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
Quote, P571 (inception)
inception 1695
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3. GeoNames: Nassau - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3571824
    25.05823 -77.34306 P PPLC BS 23 227940 5 America/Nassau
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 5 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 25.25, -77.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 25.25, -77.25
25.25 -77.25 Aw
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Wikidata: Nassau
Wikidata Q2467, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Nassau (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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