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1996-JAN-15

BAHAMAS  UNITED KINGDOM 
  
(Nassau) - (London a + Westminster lr + Edinburgh s + Windsor r) -

Commonwealth of THE BAHAMAS

Flag or logo since 1973-07-10*
Commonwealth of THE BAHAMAS (en) UNO Member
Emblem or Symbol*

Queen Elizabeth II
(ruler of UNITED KINGDOM since 1952-02-06)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Nassau
(Nassau)
Official & national languages: English (en) .

Mainland:


BAHAMAS Commonwealth of THE BAHAMAS  (Nassau)

22 Divisions:

ACKLINS AND CROOKED ISLANDS ACKLINS AND CROOKED ISLANDS District  (Masons Bay)Local: ACKLINS AND CROOKED ISLANDS District (en)  (Masons Bay)
ANDROS ANDROS District  (Nicholls´ Town)Local: ANDROS District (en)  (Nicholls´ Town)
BERRY ISLANDS THE BERRY ISLANDS District  (Bullocks Harbor)Local: THE BERRY ISLANDS District (en)  (Bullocks Harbor)
BIMINI BIMINI District  (Alice Town)Local: BIMINI District (en)  (Alice Town)
CAT ISLAND CAT ISLAND District  (Arthur´s Town)Local: CAT ISLAND District (en)  (Arthur´s Town)
EXUMA EXUMA District  (Georgetown)Local: EXUMA District (en)  (Georgetown)
FREEPORT FREEPORT District  (Freeport City)Local: FREEPORT District (en)  (Freeport City)
FRESH CREEK FRESH CREEK District  (Fresh Creek)Local: FRESH CREEK District (en)  (Fresh Creek)
GOVERNOR´S HARBOUR GOVERNOR´S HARBOUR District  (Governor´s Harbour)Local: GOVERNOR´S HARBOUR District (en)  (Governor´s Harbour)
GREEN TURTLE CAY GREEN TURTLE CAY District  (New Plymouth)Local: GREEN TURTLE CAY District (en)  (New Plymouth)
HARBOUR ISLAND HARBOUR ISLAND District  (Dunmore Town)Local: HARBOUR ISLAND District (en)  (Dunmore Town)
HIGH ROCK HIGH ROCK District  (West End)Local: HIGH ROCK District (en)  (West End)
INAGUA INAGUA District  (Matthew Town)Local: INAGUA District (en)  (Matthew Town)
KEMP´S BAY KEMP´S BAY District  (Kemp´s Bay)Local: KEMP´S BAY District (en)  (Kemp´s Bay)
LONG ISLAND LONG ISLAND District  (Clarence Town)Local: LONG ISLAND District (en)  (Clarence Town)
MARSH HARBOUR MARSH HARBOUR District  (Marsh Harbour)Local: MARSH HARBOUR District (en)  (Marsh Harbour)
MAYAGUANA MAYAGUANA District  (Abraham´sBay)Local: MAYAGUANA District (en)  (Abraham´sBay)
NEW PROVIDENCE NEW PROVIDENCE District  (Nassau)Local: NEW PROVIDENCE District (en)  (Nassau)
RAGGED ISLAND RAGGED ISLAND District  (Duncan Town)Local: RAGGED ISLAND District (en)  (Duncan Town)
ROCK SOUND ROCK SOUND District  (Rock Sound)Local: ROCK SOUND District (en)  (Rock Sound)
SAN SALVADOR AND RUM CAY SAN SALVADOR AND RUM CAY District  (Cockburn Town)Local: SAN SALVADOR AND RUM CAY District (en)  (Cockburntown)
SANDY POINT SANDY POINT District  (Sandy Point)Local: SANDY POINT District (en)  (Sandy Point)





54 Organisations or Groupings membership (selective)


AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States : ACP STATES  (Brussels)
AMERICAN STATES Organization of American States : OAS  (Washington-District of Columbia)
AOSIS Alliance of Small Island States : AOSIS  (New York)
CARIBBEAN BANK Caribbean Development Bank : CDB  (Bridgetown)
CARIBBEAN STATES Association of Caribbean States : ACS  (Port of Spain)
CARICOM Caribbean Community and Common Market : CARICOM  (Georgetown)
COMMONWEALTH THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)
CUSTOMS World Customs Organization : WCO  (Brussels)
CWC Convention on the Prohibition of the Development Production Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction : CWC  (Paris)
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : FAO Specialized Agency  (Rome)
FIFA Federation of International Football Association : FIFA  (Zurich)
GENEVA CONVENTION GENEVA Convention  (Geneva)
GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN at the United Nations [Coalition of Developing Countries]  (New York)
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development : IBRD  (Washington-District of Columbia)
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization : ICAO Specialized Agency  (Montreal)
ICJ International Court of Justice : ICJ  (The Hague)
ILO International Labour Organization : ILO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
IMF International Monetary Fund : IMF Specialized Agency  (Washington-District of Columbia)
IMO International Maritime Organization : IMO Specialized Agency  (London)
INMARSAT International Mobile Satellite Organization : INMARSAT  (London)
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization : INTELSAT  (Washington-District of Columbia)
INTER-AMERICAN BANK Inter-American Development Bank : IADB  (Washington-District of Columbia)
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization : ICPO  (Lyons)
ITU International Telecommunication Union : ITU Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
NON-ALIGNED Non-Aligned Movement : NAM [Coordinating Bureau – Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation : NAM CSSTC]  (Cartagena of the Indies + New York + Jakarta)
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty : NPT  (New York)
OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : OHCHR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
OLYMPIC GAMES International Olympic Committee : IOC  (Lausanne)
OPANAL Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean : OPANAL  (Mexico City)
PAHO Pan-American Health Organization : PAHO  (Washington-District of Columbia)
RED CROSS International Committee of the Red Cross : ICRC  (Geneva)
RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies : IFRCS  (Geneva)
RIO PACT Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance : IATRA  (Rio de Janeiro)
SEABED International Seabed Authority : ISA  (Kingston)
TRIBUNAL OF THE SEA International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea : ITLOS  (Hamburg)
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme : UN-HABITAT Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : UNCTAD  (Geneva)
UNDP United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme : UNEP Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : UNESCO Specialized Agency  (Paris)
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : UNFCCC  (New York)
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees : UNHCR Agency  (Geneva)
UNICEF United Nations International Children´s Emergency Fund : UNICEF Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research : UNIDIR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization : UNIDO Specialized Agency  (Vienna)
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women : UNIFEM  (New York)
UNITED NATIONS United Nations Organization : UNO  (New York)
UNOOSA Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies : OUTER SPACE Treaty  (Vienna)
UPEACE University for Peace : UPEACE  (Ciudad Colon)
UPU Universal Postal Union : UPU Specialized Agency  (Berne)
WFP World Food Programme : WFP  (Rome)
WHO World Health Organization : WHO Specialized Agency  (Pregny-Chambesy)
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization : WIPO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
WMO World Meteorological Organization : WMO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)


Other Territories or Entities within the 2024's internationally recognized Country boundaries:

AUTEC United States Navy´s Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center : AUTEC  (Fresh Creek Base)
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